Government and Labor in Early America 1947 Richard B. Morris ~ Colonial History ~ Labor Policy

Title: Government and Labor in Early America

Author: Richard B. Morris

Description: Second printing, 1947. Brick-colored cloth covered boards with title stamped in gilt and black on spine. Previous owner's name on front pastedown, else internally clean. Dust jacket has a small split near the upper hinge of the front panel; spine a bit toned; moderate general soiling; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. xvi + 557 pages.

An original and comprehensive work which discusses the legal and social status of free and bound labor in colonial days. It is highly systematic , paying thorough attention to regional differences and the various kinds of governmental authority, and it carefully examines such particulars as maritime labor, armed services, public services, and other subdivisions.

The author, Richard B. Morris (1904-1989), was a pre-eminent Colonial and American constitutional historian and chairman of the history department at Columbia University, whose faculty he joined in 1946 following the publication of Government and Labor in Early America. He also served as the president of the American Historical Association in 1976.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Place: New York
Year: 1947

Keywords: United States, Colonial America, Colonial, history, labor policy,