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Bodies of work : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh

Title
Bodies of work : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / Edward Slavishak.
Author
Slavishak, Edward Steven.
Publication
Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

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Description
x, 354 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Body, commodity, text
Subject
  • Working class > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History
  • Industrialization > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social aspects
  • Industries > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social aspects
  • City promotion > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.) > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-343) and index.
Contents
The magic of the nineteenth century: industrial change and work in Pittsburgh -- Working-class muscle in the battle of homestead -- The working body as a civic image -- The Pittsburgh survey and the body as evidence -- "Delicately built": the "problem" of working women in Pittsburgh -- Hiding and displaying the broken body -- Epilogue: "That's work, and that's what people like to watch!".
Call Number
JBE 08-1389
ISBN
  • 9780822342069 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822342065 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780822342250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822342251 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008013879
OCLC
209335239
Author
Slavishak, Edward Steven.
Title
Bodies of work : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / Edward Slavishak.
Imprint
Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series
Body, commodity, text
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-343) and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 08-1389
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