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Having borrowed this book twice from the library I have just now decided to buy a copy to keep in my bookshelf. This is an excellent book, and one which owes a good deal to E. P. Thompson's ground-breaking "Making of the English Working Class" in its method of historical analysis. In other words instead of relying on boring statistics and trends to explain the history of the common people it focuses on the people themselves and the actions that they took. This makes it interesting for the reader who is thus able to identify and empathise with the historical figures that Sutton describes. This is history as it should be written, a human story, about ordinary people and their lives, and how they reacted to events that seemed beyond their control.

The book itself examines how craft workers in Baltimore faced the challenges posed by industrial capitalism. How they saw their livelihoods being undermined by its cheap goods and the actions they took in response. In a sense it describes how the true Republic was lost. It also looks at the role that their religion played in that struggle. This is indeed a "peoples' history".

Writing history in this way, Sutton joins other excellent American historians like Ronald Schultz, Sean Wilentz, Bruce Laurie, and the late Christopher Lasch. All of these are well worth reading if you want to know how the common people lived before the crass materialism of modern capitalism stamped itself on American history. This history reconnects one to an older and more just and moral American Republic now sadly lost to corporate greed and warmongering. The American people are indeed well served by historians of this calibre.

I was captivated from the first page to the last. This gripping tale of evangelical artisans struggling to adapt to an emerging capitalist culture while keeping their producerist principles in 19th century Baltimore kept me up way past my bedtime in order to finish it. Even Dr. Sutton's footnotes are well worth reading!

This is the most informative and well-written book I've ever read. I was captivated by it from beginning to end and I think that William Sutton is the greatest history writer of all time. Buy this book! It's a classic!

This is one of the finest and most complete Baltimore history books you well ever encounter in your life. However, it does inadvertently omit one significant fact in the creation of Baltimore. My great-grandfather was a German immigrant named Boston Fear. He was the original creator of Walbrook: Baltimore's very first suburb. Walbrook was originally named Fearville in honor of Boston Fear.
I highly recommend that individuals with an interest in the constructive formation of Baltimore purchase a copy of this exquisitely detailed book for your own personal collection.

The best and most comprehensive history of Baltimore ever written. Olson is to be commended for her years of research and dedication, and the result is incredible.

Greg Bradsher has written the definitive archival resource guide for anyone doing Holocaust Assets research. Without this book, you would be lost. For a topic as important and complicated as this, you simply cannot go without this book. I highly recommend it.

DO NOT attempt to navigate the labyrinthine National Archives without this guide as your compass!

This is THE essential "Bible" for anyone interested in researching or learning more about Holocaust-era assets. An National Archives' insider with decades of experience, Dr. Bradsher has written the essential "Guide to the Perplexed" for researchers. In this work, he leads you through the millions of pages of Holocaust-related documents, explaining the records' organization, history, and content.

Dr. Bradsher has produced the most important book ever published about U.S. archival records detailing Holocaust art, insurance, forced and slave labor, banking, Project Safehaven, and World War II economic warfare.

In compiling this information, Dr. Bradsher has performed a vital public service. All Holocaust researchers, scholars, historians, and attorneys will be indebted to him when they read this important work.

THIS IS A VERY WONDERFULLY WRITTEN BOOK BY A NICE GUY BILL HALL OF BCFD RESCUE-1 I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING HIM A FEW TIMES.HE RODE RESCUE-1 &STILL DOES FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. THIS BOOK TAKES YOU TO THE FRONT LINES W/ BILL WHEN HE WAS A PARAMEDIC ON THE MEAN STREETS & TO BIG FIRES THIS IS ALSO COMPLETE W/ SOME GREAT FIRE PHOTOS. YOU WILL BE RODDONG SHOTGUN WITH BILL IN AN AMBULANCE &HIS PARTNER ON RESCUE-1. WHAT A GOOD BOOK.

Pull your helmut strap tight and hold on for your life as RESCUE 1 tears through the streets of Baltimore in a mad dash to save lives. This account of actual responces of RESCUE 1, will give you a feel for what the fireman of Baltimore City face on each tour of duty. Bill Hall spins a yarn in this exciting and very realistic narrative. It has many fireground and rescue scene stories that are written in a way to peak the interest of all-- from the fire buff to the veteren smoke eater. However, this is not your typical fire department book telling one fire story after another until they all run together in the readers mind. Writing such as this robs these accounts of their excitment and adrenaline. And that just aint Bill Halls style. "Turnout" instead chooses to highlight the "unusual" runs that fireman face everyday. Some are funny, some are downright sad, but thay are all extremely interesting and all are true.

This book is very well written. This book has offered me several ways to enhance my knowledge-base. A must read if you want to keep up with the changes taking place in Maryland.

Seattle Job Source is a professional job hunter's guide to careers int he Seattle area, featuring listings and contacts for over 3,000 employers in just about every field imaginable. The majority of this guide is simply a cover-to-cover listing of addresses, phone numbers, and websites. Seattle Job Source is a very nicely organized, "user friendly", and highly recommended reference for any Seattle-area job-hunter.

I have lived in the Washington area for many years and unfortunately lived through many job searches. This is more than a book -- it is a thorough compilation, up-to-date resource, and insightful guide to virtually everything about the Washington job market. In size as well as content, it is far beyond any of the other books on D.C. jobs out today. It helped me land my current job and I will most certainly turn to it when and if I ever need to look for another

This has good basic business startup information, but about 1% of it is specific to va,dc and md.

The book provides practical advice and suggestions. I found the comprehensive check list of all the things that must be considered prior to startup quite useful. Also helpful are the phone numbers and addresses for various MD, VA, and DC government and economic development offices.

The book is a great resource relative to making sure that you don't overlook things that could be critical to your business. For example, I found the section of hiring and firing enlightening relative to potential impact on a new company's unemployment compensation rate. Who would know that the IRS would make your company chargeable for the unemployment claims of an ex-employee who voluntarily leaves for another job and gets fired after a few weeks.

I would highly recommend the book to anyone starting a small business. It is well organized and a quick read. It helps you know what questions to ask and who to ask. It is not intended as an in-depth resource book.