Major Documents in American Economic History: From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)Louis Morton Hacker Van Nostrand, 1961 V. 1. From an agrarian to an industrial economy (1785-1900)--v. 2. The problems of a world power (the 20th century). |
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Page 156
... class of excluded immigrants and add to those which have just been named the totally igno- rant . The bill is of the ... classes are extremely limited and do not by any means cover all or even any considerable part of the immigrants ...
... class of excluded immigrants and add to those which have just been named the totally igno- rant . The bill is of the ... classes are extremely limited and do not by any means cover all or even any considerable part of the immigrants ...
Page 177
... classes had made rapid progress , and an average wage for such a broad grouping conveys no idea of the rates of wages for the different classes . The average daily wages for paper - mill operatives in 1831 was 66.6 cents , printers ...
... classes had made rapid progress , and an average wage for such a broad grouping conveys no idea of the rates of wages for the different classes . The average daily wages for paper - mill operatives in 1831 was 66.6 cents , printers ...
Page 178
... classes into the building trades , a representative establish- ment in New York reports the pay for carpenters in 1843 as $ 1.50 per day , and in 1891 $ 3.50 , with the hours of work re- duced from ten to eight . The pay of bricklayers ...
... classes into the building trades , a representative establish- ment in New York reports the pay for carpenters in 1843 as $ 1.50 per day , and in 1891 $ 3.50 , with the hours of work re- duced from ten to eight . The pay of bricklayers ...
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Economic Provisions of the Constitution of the United States | 7 |
The Land Ordinance of May 20 1785 | 11 |
The Tariff and Tonnage Acts of July 4 and July 20 1789 | 15 |
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