Bodies of work: civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh

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 Pittsbu...

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1. Verfasser: Slavishak, Edward Steven (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2008
Schriftenreihe:Body, commodity, text
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Zusammenfassung: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!"
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-343) and index
Beschreibung:x, 354 p ill
ISBN:9780822389347
0822389347

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