Melanie Archer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3924135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Archer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Archer |
| SIGNATURE | ARCHER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Small Capitalism and Middle-Class Formation in Industrializing Detroit, 1880-1900
L'histoire du capitalisme de Detroit durant l'industrialisation et l'urbanisation est decrite, et il est demontre que le developpement des entreprises a un role important dans l'evolution sociale du pays
Class Formation in Nineteenth-Century America
This review assesses sociological and historical research relevant to the emergence and consolidation of the American middle class in the nineteenth century. On the one hand, macrosociological theories have relied on a two-class model which renders the middle class a residual social category. Yet, on the other hand, community studies of the “new” social history—while they have opened up new avenues of inquiry into the complex social processes und…
Family Enterprise in an Industrial City
The Emergence of the Middle Class
Self-Employment and Occupational Structure in an Industrializing City
Despite interest in the historically ambiguous position of small entrepreneurs in the occupational and class structure, there has been little investigation of the lives of small-scale self-employed workers during industrialization. Using data from the 1880 manuscript census, city directories, and R.G. Dun and Company credit reports for Detroit, Michigan, this study explores employment status ― self-employment versus wage employment ― as a basis o…
The Entrepreneurial Family Economy
Using data from the 1880 manuscript census, city directories, and R. G. Dun and Company credit reports for Detroit, Michigan, this study examines the family economy of entrepreneurial households. Two family work strategies are examined for a sample of 1,881 male self-employed and wage-earning household heads: family enterprise, and the joint labor force participation of family members. The family organization of business is related to high occupa…
Long-term forecasting in Western Europe
Self-Employment and Occupational Structure in an Industrializing City
Despite interest in the historically ambiguous position of small entrepreneurs in the occupational and class structure, there has been little investigation of the lives of small-scale self-employed workers during industrialization. Using data from the 1880 manuscript census, city directories, and R.G. Dun and Company credit reports for Detroit, Michigan, this study explores employment status ― self-employment versus wage employment ― as a basis o…
The Entrepreneurial Family Economy
Using data from the 1880 manuscript census, city directories, and R. G. Dun and Company credit reports for Detroit, Michigan, this study examines the family economy of entrepreneurial households. Two family work strategies are examined for a sample of 1,881 male self-employed and wage-earning household heads: family enterprise, and the joint labor force participation of family members. The family organization of business is related to high occupa…
Long-term forecasting in Western Europe
Long-term forecasting in Western Europe
The Entrepreneurial Family Economy
Using data from the 1880 manuscript census, city directories, and R. G. Dun and Company credit reports for Detroit, Michigan, this study examines the family economy of entrepreneurial households. Two family work strategies are examined for a sample of 1,881 male self-employed and wage-earning household heads: family enterprise, and the joint labor force participation of family members. The family organization of business is related to high occupa…
Family Enterprise in an Industrial City
The Emergence of the Middle Class
Self-Employment and Occupational Structure in an Industrializing City
Despite interest in the historically ambiguous position of small entrepreneurs in the occupational and class structure, there has been little investigation of the lives of small-scale self-employed workers during industrialization. Using data from the 1880 manuscript census, city directories, and R.G. Dun and Company credit reports for Detroit, Michigan, this study explores employment status ― self-employment versus wage employment ― as a basis o…
Class Formation in Nineteenth-Century America
This review assesses sociological and historical research relevant to the emergence and consolidation of the American middle class in the nineteenth century. On the one hand, macrosociological theories have relied on a two-class model which renders the middle class a residual social category. Yet, on the other hand, community studies of the “new” social history—while they have opened up new avenues of inquiry into the complex social processes und…
Small Capitalism and Middle-Class Formation in Industrializing Detroit, 1880-1900
L'histoire du capitalisme de Detroit durant l'industrialisation et l'urbanisation est decrite, et il est demontre que le developpement des entreprises a un role important dans l'evolution sociale du pays
Economics (5 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (5 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Middle class (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American History and Culture (2 works) · Architecture, Design, and Social History (2 works)