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Working Americans Vol. 1: The Working Class, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

Introduction




Preface




Value of a Dollar, 1860-2010




1880-1899 INTRODUCTION




1880 Family Profile: Norwegian Wheat Farmers from lowa




Life at Home




Life at Work: Farming




Life in the Community: Winnebago County, Iowa




Historical Snapshot 1880-1881




1880 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Mail Order Shopping




1890 Family Profile: Scots-Irish Textile Workers from Georgia




Annual lncome




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Textiles




Life in the Community: Atlanta, Georgia




Historical Snapshot 1890-1891




1890 Economic Profile




Annual Food Expenditures.




Amusements




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




1892 Family Profile: Portuguese Sweet Potato Farmers from California




Life at Home




Life at Work: Farming




Life in the Community: Northern California




1893 News Profile




1898 Family Profile: African American Wood & Tobacco Workers from Virginia




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Wood Foundry & Tobacco Shed




Life in the Community: Farmville, Virginia




Historical Snapshot 1898-1899




1898 Economic Profile




Annual Food Expenditures




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Typical Prices Paid for Commodities




1900-1909 INTRODUCTION




1902 Family Profile: Irish Store Clerk from Massachusetts




Annual Woman's Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




The Family Finances




Annual Family Budget




Life at Work: Retail




Life in the Community: Boston, Massachusetts




Historical Snapshot 1902-1903




1902 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Department Stores




1905 Family Profile: Italian Oyster Inspector from New York




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Oyster Fishing




Life in the Community: New York City




Historical Snapshot 1905-1906




1905 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




1907 Family Profile: Polish Tailor from New York




Annul Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Tailoring




Life in the Community: Buffalo, New York




Historical Snapshot 1907-1908




1907 Economic Profile




Annual Food Expenditures




Weekly Food Expenditures




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




1909 Family Profile: German Chocolate Dipper from Illinois




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Chocolate Factory




Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois




Historical Snapshot 1909




1909 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Chicago's Work Force




1910-1919 INTRODUCTION




1910 Family Profile: Russian Steel Worker from Pennsylvania




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Steel Industry




Life in the Community: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania




Historical Snapshot 1910-1911




1910 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




1912 Family Profile: Cuban Cigar Makers from Florida




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Cigar Industry




Life in the Community: Tampa & Ybor City, Florida




Historical Snapshot 1912-1913




1912 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Golden Age of Lithography




1915 News Profile




Working Children Study




Historical Snapshot 1915-1916




1919 Family Profile: Russian Textile Worker from Massachusetts




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Textiles




Life in the Community: Lawrence, Massachusetts




Historical Snapshot 1919-1920




1919 Economic Profile




Examples of Weekly Expenditures




Examples of Weekly Food Expenditures




Examples of Yearly Clothing Purchases




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Impact of World War I




1920-1929 INTRODUCTION




1923 Family Profile: Welsh Printer from Oklahoma




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Printing




Life in the Community: Tulsa, Oklahoma




Historical Snapshot 1923-1924




1923 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Working Women of Oklahoma




1925 Family Profile: Textile Worker from South Carolina




Annual Income




National Consumer Expenditures




Life at Home




Life at Work: Textiles




Life in the Community: Spartanburg, South Carolina




Historical Snapshot 1925-1926




1925 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




1926 Family Profile: School Teacher from New York




Annual Income




Annual Expenditures




Life at Home




Sample of Food Prices




Sample of Clothing Prices




Life in the Community: Syracuse, New York




1927 Family Profile: Farmer from Virginia




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Farming




Life in the Community: Culpeper County & Richmond, Virginia




Historical Snapshot 1927-1928




1927 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Development of the Automobile




1930-1939 INTRODUCTION




1930 Family Profile: Automobile Worker from Michigan




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Annual Food Expenditures




Life at Work: Ford Motor Company




Life in the Community: Detroit, Michigan




Historical Snapshot 1930-1931




1930 Economic Profile




Clothing Expenses




Fuel Expenses




Furniture Expenses




Medical Expenses




School Expenses




Miscellaneous




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Ford Motor Company




1931 News Profile




Building Hoover Dam




1935 Family Profile: African American Pullman Porter from New York




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Pullman Company




Life in the Community: Harlem, New York




Historical Snapshot 1935-1936




1935 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Sharecropper System




Roosevelt's Depression Policies




1936 News Profile




The Migratory-Casual Worker




1937 Family Profile: Welder from Tennessee




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The TVA




Life in the Community: Norris, Tennessee




Historical Snapshot 1937-1938




1937 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Creation of the TVA




1940-1949 INTRODUCTION




1942 Family Profile: Grocery Store Owners from Texas




Annual Income




Annual Expenditures




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Grocery Store




Life in the Community: Wichita Falls, Texas




Historical Snapshot 1942-1943




1942 Economic Profile




Furnishings




Annual Clothing Purchases




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




A Nation at War




1942 News Profile




1943 Family Profile: Filipino Maintenance Worker from Hawaii




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Military Support




Life in the Community: Honolulu, Hawaii




Historical Snapshot 1943-1944




1943 Economic Profile




Examples of Annual Clothing Purchases




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Wartime Events




1945 Family Profile: Army Sergeant from North Carolina




Annual Income




National Consumer Expenditures




Life at Home




Life at Work: Military




Life in the Community: Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico




Historical Snapshot 1945




1945 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The War




1947 News Profile




1950-1959 INTRODUCTION




1950 Family Profile: Telephone Lineman from Missouri




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Telephone Company




Life in the Community: St Louis, Missouri




Historical Snapshot 1950-1951




1950 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Telephone and Telephone Industry




Post-War America




1952 News Profile




1954 Family Profile: Jewish Clothier from Maine




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Retail




Life in the Community: Bangor, Maine




Historical Snapshot 1954-1955




1954 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Jews in America




1957 Family Profile: Carpenter from Minnesota




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Carpentry




Life in the Community: Minneapolis, Minnesota




Historical Snapshot 1957-1958




1957 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




A Changing Society




1960-1969 INTRODUCTION




1961 Family Profile: Japanese Plumbing Salesman from Hawaii




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Plumbing Retail




Life in the Community: Honolulu, Hawaii




Historical Snapshot 1961-1962




1961 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Establishing Statehood




1966 Family Profile: Longshoreman from Oregon




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Docks




Life in the Community: Portland, Oregon




Historical Snapshot 1966-1967




1966 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Emerging Consumer America




1968 Family Profile: African American Electrical Worker from Tennessee




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Manufacturing Plant




Life in the Community: Memphis, Tennessee




Historical Snapshot 1968-1969




1968 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Civil Rights in Memphis




1969 News Profile




1970-1979 INTRODUCTION




1971 News Profile




1972 Family Profile: Ambulance Driver from Illinois




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Ambulance Driving




Life in the Community: Chicago, Illinois




Historical Snapshot 1972-1973




1972 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Vietnam War and the 1972 Presidential Election




1974 Family Profile: Truck Driver from Louisiana




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Selected Weekly Food Expenditures




Life at Work: Trucking




Life in the Community: New Orleans, Louisiana




Historical Snapshot 1974-1975




1974 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Trucking in America




1976 Family Profile: Korean Fruit Stand Owners from New York




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Fruit Stand




Life in the Community: New York City




Historical Snapshot 1976-1977




1976 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




The Korean Migration




1976 News Profile




1980-1989 INTRODUCTION




1981 Family Profile: Mexican Furniture Factory Worker from California




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Furniture Industry




Life in the Community: Los Angeles, California




Historical Snapshot 1981-1982




1981 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Immigration in California




1985 News Profile




1986 Family Profile: Meatpacker from Minnesota




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: The Hormel Company




Life in the Community: Austin, Minnesota




Historical Snapshot 1986-1987




1986 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Labor Relations at Hormel




1987 News Profile




1990-1999 INTRODUCTION




1994 News Profile




1995 Family Profile: Schoolteacher from New York




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Education




Life in the Community: New York City




Historical Snapshot 1995-1996




1995 Economic Profile




Income, Standard Jobs




Selected Prices




Economics and Education




1998 Family Profile: Former Printer from South Carolina




Annual Income




Annual Budget




Life at Home




Life at Work: Printing and the Boy's Home




Life in the Community: Rock Hill, South Carolina




Historical Snapshot 1998




1998 Economic Profile




Selected Prices




The Price of Living




1999 News Profile




2000-2006 INTRODUCTION




2001 Profile: Waitress from Georgia




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Atlanta, Georgia




Historical Snapshot 2001




2001 Selected Prices




2003 Profile: Machinery Operator from Kentucky




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Olive Hill, Kentucky




2003 Historical Snapshot




2003 Selected Prices




2003 News Feature




2005 Profile: Telemarketer from Washington State




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Seattle, Washington




2005 Historical Snapshot




2005 Selected Prices




2007-2012 INTRODUCTION




2007 News Feature




2009 Profile: Roofer from Missouri




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: St. Louis, Missouri




2009 Historical Snapshot




2009 Selected Prices




2011 Profile: Woodworker from Virginia




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Ridgeway, Virginia




2011 Historical Snapshot




2011 Selected Prices




2012 Profile: Factory Worker from West Virginia




Life at Home




Life at Work




Life in the Community: Princeton, West Virginia




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