artisanal
(adjective)
Made by a skilled worker, such as a specialty item.
Examples of artisanal in the following topics:
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The Middle Classes
- By 1750, a variety of artisans, shopkeepers, and merchants provided services to the growing farming population.
- In cities, shopkeepers, artisans, shipwrights, butchers, coopers, seamstresses, cobblers, bakers, carpenters, masons, and many other specialized professions made up the middle class.
- Many of these artisans and traders made enough money to create a modest life.
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Colonial Cities
- Shopkeepers, artisans, shipwrights, butchers, coopers, seamstresses, cobblers, bakers, carpenters, masons, and many other specialized professions made up the middle class of seaport society.
- Many of these artisans and traders made enough money to create a modest life.
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The Factory System
- Before the 19th century, much labor was performed by skilled artisans working with hand tools.
- The division of labor was crucial to the transition from small artisan's shops to early factories which made use of non-specialized labor.
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Colonial Society
- Many of these mid-Atlantic immigrants were limited to occupations as small-scale farmers and artisans.
- Large farmers and merchants became wealthy, while farmers with smaller farms and artisans only made enough for subsistence.
- A variety of artisans, shopkeepers, and merchants also arose during this time to provide services to the growing farming population.
- Shopkeepers, artisans, shipwrights, butchers, coopers, seamstresses, cobblers, bakers, carpenters, masons, and many other specialized professions made up the middle class of seaport society.
- Many of these artisans and traders made enough money to create a modest life.
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Social Classes in the Colonies
- Unlike Europe, where aristocratic families and the established church were in control, the American political culture was open to economic, social, religious, ethnic, and geographical interests, with merchants, landlords, petty farmers, artisans, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Quakers, Germans, Scotch Irish, Yankees, Yorkers, and many other identifiable groups taking part.
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Racial Prejudice in the Jackson Era
- Jacksonian Democracy drew its support from the small farmers of the West, and the workers, artisans and small merchants of the East.
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A Market Society
- Artisanal trades began to give way to more efficient systems of production that did not require skilled labor.
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Economic Growth
- The large population of slave artisans during the antebellum era had not translated into a large number of freemen artisans during the Reconstruction.
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Devastation in the South
- The large population of slave artisans during the antebellum period had not translated into a large number of freedmen artisans during the Reconstruction.
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Principles of Freedom
- Unlike Europe, where the royal court, aristocratic families, and the established church were in control, the American political culture was open to merchants, landlords, petty farmers, artisans, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Quakers, Germans, Scotch Irish, Yankees, Yorkers, and many other identifiable groups.