In his book the Scraping By, Seth Rockman talks about how laborers in the 1800’s navigated their way through the market that was emerging. He also focuses on the diversity that was incorporated in the workforce, he did this by exploring how gender, race, nationality, and legal status impacted job and economic opportunities for working families in the early Republic. Rockman then goes on to talk about how different factors affected the economy, capitalism, and the growing market. Throughout the book, Rockman emphasizes his point and makes it clear and well known to the reader through the process of repetition, intersecting identities and also by connecting the past to something that the reader can relate to. What he could have done better was
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For instance, in the conclusion, he related the singing of the national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner” to the flag that shared the name, the war of 1812 and labor. He did this by going back to the war of 1812 and how a thirty-by-forty-two-foot flag was made by Mary Pickersgill in the “Second War of Independence” against the British. This connection made the reader see that without labor the city of Baltimore would not have stood tall and proud against the British bombardment if it had not been for the men that built ramparts that had helped keep the British out and that “Star Spangle Flag” would never have flown over Baltimore’s harbor if seamstresses and never come together on it. Another thing that he did well was the use of stories of laborers and workers who had gone through what he was talking about. It gives the readers the perspectives and points of views of the laborer and how they felt about the position they found themselves …show more content…
The books and some strengths which included emphasis through repetition and the connecting of the past to something that readers could relate to. The book also had weakness which included too many complicated words that could easily deter the reader and the lack of perspective or point of view of the wealthy and elite He made a good point in proving his argument by having good examples and as well as well researched and obtained information that helped in backing up what he was saying. The book was fairly easy to understand, follow along and connect dots between points, in a way that if someone who had never read or even heard of the book asked to what the book about, the reader would be able to explain with little to no
For instance, in the conclusion, he related the singing of the national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner” to the flag that shared the name, the war of 1812 and labor. He did this by going back to the war of 1812 and how a thirty-by-forty-two-foot flag was made by Mary Pickersgill in the “Second War of Independence” against the British. This connection made the reader see that without labor the city of Baltimore would not have stood tall and proud against the British bombardment if it had not been for the men that built ramparts that had helped keep the British out and that “Star Spangle Flag” would never have flown over Baltimore’s harbor if seamstresses and never come together on it. Another thing that he did well was the use of stories of laborers and workers who had gone through what he was talking about. It gives the readers the perspectives and points of views of the laborer and how they felt about the position they found themselves …show more content…
The books and some strengths which included emphasis through repetition and the connecting of the past to something that readers could relate to. The book also had weakness which included too many complicated words that could easily deter the reader and the lack of perspective or point of view of the wealthy and elite He made a good point in proving his argument by having good examples and as well as well researched and obtained information that helped in backing up what he was saying. The book was fairly easy to understand, follow along and connect dots between points, in a way that if someone who had never read or even heard of the book asked to what the book about, the reader would be able to explain with little to no