Three Years Among the Working-Classes in the United States during the War [Paperback]

An encouraging 1865 account of the state of the working classes in America, aimed at intending emigrants.James Dawson Burns 1865 book endeavours to give a true account of the industrial, social, moral and political state of the working classes in America, whom he observed to be far better off than their European counterparts. He provides specific advice for those intending to emigrate to the United States.James Dawson Burns 1865 book endeavours to give a true account of the industrial, social, moral and political state of the working classes in America, whom he observed to be far better off than their European counterparts. He provides specific advice for those intending to emigrate to the United States.James Dawson Burn's 1865 book endeavours to give a true account of the industrial, social, moral and political state of the working class in America, and is addressed partly to intending emigrants. His study examines the people themselves, as well as the circumstances that influenced their conduct during the Civil War, and draws comparisons between their condition and that of the working class in Europe. Burns, writing from the perspective of an English visitor to the United States, remarks that upon seeing the visible social comfort there, he came to believe that lower-class Americans of the period were far in advance of their peers in his own country. Given that American rights and liberties provided such a strong inducement for the labouring population of Europe to flock to its shores, Burns intended his research to serve as a guide for what they could and could not expect.Preface; 1. The American people; 2. The labouring populationIrish and Germans; 3. The pressadministration of justicepublic opinion; 4. Religious and moral characteristics; 5. The women of America; 6. The cities of AmericaNew York; 7. The steamboat and railway system of Americastreet traffic; 8. Educationthe free-school system; 9. Business; 10. Mineral wealth of the country; 11. The late lÓ9