Workers, who traditionally lived with their masters in what was a very common social contract, began working in prototypical assembly lines, where the production of a good it was in the hands of men in different professions. Johnson uses the business of a shoemaker as an example of this stark change in business practices. In 1831 a shoemaker reported that “most of the work” was done in boarding houses. (39) By 1834 there were distinct locations for the different steps used to make shoes. Rochester contractors realized that making unique homes was inefficient and expensive. Contractors began to produce house structures with similar architecture very prolifically, and another group of men would build on the house. The mercantilism uprising in Rochester, according to Johnson, played a key role in dissociating the worker from the master. When masters realized that it was possible to make money by profitably selling goods made by multiple separate workers, the definition of “skilled craft” changed. A master no longer limited himself to working with what he was skilled at. He could amass a workforce to make a product for him, and the workers lost touch with the final product. (41) As mentioned above, workers typically lived with their masters. Thus they adopted the rules, principles and ideals of their masters. Masters in 1820s Rochester were typically religious men who kept their workers in moral control. When bosses physically distanced themselves from workers, usually by separating the management and labor sections of a business, workers were subjected to less