Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction
5. 1. Working-Class Formation: Constructing Cases and Comparisons 1
6. Part One. France
7. 2. Artisans, Factory Workers, and the Formation of the French Working Class, 1789-1848 45
8. 3. On the Formation of the French Working Class 71
9. 4. The Distinctiveness of Working-Class Cultures in France, 1848-1900 111
10. Part Two. The United States
11. 5. Becoming American: The Working Classes in the United States before the Civil War 157
12. 6. Trade Unions and Political Machines: The Organization and Disorganization of the American Working Class in the Late Nineteenth Century 197
13. Part Three. Germany
14. 7. Problems of Working-Class Formation in Germany: The Early Years, 1800-1875 279
15. 8. Economic Crisis, State Policy, and Working-Class Formation in Germany, 1870-1900 352
16. Conclusion
17. 9. How Many Exceptionalisms? 397
18. List of Contributors 457
19. Index 459