Getting Work: Philadelphia, 184-195

by Walter Licht

Book Overview

How did working people find jobs in the past? How has the process changed over time for various groups of job seekers? Are outcomes influenced more by general economic circumstances, by discriminatory practices in the labor market, or by personal initiative and competence?

To tackle these questions, Walter Licht uses intensive primary-source research--including surveys of thousands of workers conducted in the decades from the 1920s to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812217195
• ISBN13: 9780812217193
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"