Working Americans 1880-2012 Volume I: The Working Class, Second Edition

Published by: Grey House Publishing Inc

Published: Mar. 1, 2012 - 600 Pages


Table of Contents

Introduction


Preface


Value of a Dollar, 1860–2010


1880–1899 INTRODUCTION
1880 Family Profile: Norwegian Wheat Farmers from Iowa
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 Income
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
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


SOURCES


INDEX

Abstract

The updated Second Edition of this important reference work focuses on the lifestyles and economic life of working class families and looks, decade by decade, into the kind of work they did, the homes they lived in, the food and clothes they bought, the entertainment they sought as well as the society and history that shaped the world Americans worked in from 1880 to 2012. From the wealth of government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries and letters, newspaper and magazine features, this unique reference assembles a remarkably personal and realistic look at the lives of ordinary working Americans.

Each chapter of Working Americans, 1880-2012 Volume 1: The Working Class covers one decade, except the first chapter (1888-1899), and opens with an overview of important events to anchor the decade in its time frame. The working class is then explored by examining the lives of three to five working class families.

These Family Profiles include important, real data on:

  • Income & Job Descriptions
  • Selected Prices of the times
  • Annual Income
  • Annual Budget of Individuals
  • Family Finances
  • Family Budget
  • Life at Work
  • Life at Home
  • Life in the Community
  • Working Conditions
  • Cost of Living
  • Amusements
  • National Current events
  • Local News
  • and much more
Each chapter also includes an Economic Profile. This series of statistical comparisons is designed to put the family's individual lifestyles and decisions in perspective. These charts include the average wages of other professions during the year being profiled, a selection of typical pricing and key events and inventions of the time. Enhancing some of the chapters are examinations of important issues faced by the family, such as how Americans coped with war.

In addition to the detailed economic and social data for each family, each chapter is further enriched with historical snapshots, news profiles, articles from local media and illustrations derived from popular printed materials of the day, such as clippings from cereal boxes, campaign buttons, political cartoons, postcards, and posters.

The Second Edition of Working Americans, 1880-2012 Volume 1: The Working Class offers 72 Family Profiles that cover 34 occupations and more than 25 ethnic groups. Geographically, the text travels the entire country, from the East Coast to Hawaii, from urban factories to homesteaders to provide comprehensive coverage of the lifestyles of working class families that is available nowhere else.

This rich economical and social compilation of facts, figures, and graphs will enhance a wide range of curriculums and meet multiple research needs. Working Americans, 1880-2012 Volume 1: The Working Class is an interesting and useful compilation of portraits of the working class across the last 130 years that will be an important addition to any high school, public or academic library reference collection.

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