Idle threats :

Knighton, Andrew Lyndon.

Idle threats : men and the limits of productivity in 19th-Century America / Andrew Lyndon Knighton. - New York : New York University Press, c2012. - x, 241 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - America and the long 19th century .

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 181-231) and index.

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Labor productivity--History--United States--19th century.
Leisure--History--United States--19th century.

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