Sean Wilentz. Chants Democratic. New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788–1850.

Contents

Introduction: Stollenwerck’s Panorama, 1815

I – The Artisan Republic, 1788-1825

1 – «By Hammer and Hand»: Artisans in the Mercantile City

2 – Artisan Republicanism

II – The Bastard Workshop, 1825-1850

3 – Metropolitan Industrialization

III – Working Man’s Advocates, 1825-1832

4 – Entrepreneurs and Radicals

5 – The Rise and Fall of the Working Men

IV – The Journeymen’s Revolt, 1833-1836

6 – «A Phalanx of Honest Worth»: The General Trades’ Union of the City of New York

7 – Oppositions: To the Crisis of 1836

V – Hard Times and Politics, 1837-1849

8 – Panic and Prejudice

9 – Subterranean Radicals

VI – Class Conflict in the American Metropolis

10 – The Labor Crisis of 1850

Epilogue: Hudson Street, 1865

Appendix: Tables and Figures

Bibliographical Essay