From slavery to the cooperative commonwealth : labor and the republican liberty in the nineteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gourevitch, Alexander
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Labor movement > United States > History > 19th century. Wages > United States > History > 19th century. Cooperation > United States > History > 19th century. Republicanism > United States > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : something of slavery still remains
The paradox of slavery and freedom
"Independent laborers by voluntary contract" : the laissez-faire republican turn
"The sword of want" : free labor against wage labor
Labor republicanism and the cooperative commonwealth
Solidarity and selfishness : the political theory of the dependent classes
Conclusion : the freedom yet to come.