American Artisans: Crafting Society Identity, 1750-1850 Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction. Identity and Independence: The American Artisan, 1750-1850
1	From Father to Son: Economic Roots of Craft Dynasties in Eighteenth-Century Maryland	3
2	Freemen, Servants, and Slaves: Artisans and the Craft Structure of Revolutionary Baltimore Town	17
3	Planters in the Making: Artisanal Opportunity in Georgia, 1790-1830	33
4	Slave Artisans in Richmond, Virginia, 1780-1810	48
5	Alternative Communities: American Artisans and the Evangelical Appeal, 1780-1830	65
6	The Petitioning of Artisans and Operatives: Means and Ends in the Struggle for a Ten-Hour Day	77
7	"Spavined Ministers, Lying Toothpullers, and Buggering Priests": Third-Partyism and the Search for Security in the Antebellum North	98
8	Becoming Joseph T. Buckingham: The Struggle for Artisanal Independence in Early-Nineteenth-Century Boston	123
9	From Artisan to Alderman: The Career of William W. Moore, 1803-1886	135
10	"All Her Sons Join as One Social Band": New York City's Artisanal Societies in the Early Republic	155
11	With Hammer in Hand: Working-Class Occupational Portraits	176
	Notes	199
	Contributors	245
	Index	247