Bodies of work [[electronic resource] ] : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / / Edward Slavishak
| Bodies of work [[electronic resource] ] : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / / Edward Slavishak |
| Autore | Slavishak Edward Steven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5/62097488609034 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AppaduraiArjun
ComaroffJean L FarquharJudith |
| Collana | Body, Commodity, Text |
| Soggetto topico |
Working class - History - Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania
Industrialization - Social aspects - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Industries - Social aspects - Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania City promotion - History - Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania Business & Economics Labor & Workers' Economics |
| ISBN | 0-8223-8934-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on usage; Introduction; 1 The Magic of the Nineteenth Century: Industrial Change and Work in Pittsburgh; 2 Working-Class Muscle in the Battle of Homestead; 3 The Working Body as a Civic Image; 4 The Pittsburgh Survey and the Body as Evidence; 5 ''Delicately Built'': The ''Problem'' of Working Women in Pittsburgh; 6 Hiding and Displaying the Broken Body; Epilogue. ''That's Work, and That's What People Like to Watch!''; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777991103321 |
Slavishak Edward Steven
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| Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bodies of work : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / / Edward Slavishak
| Bodies of work : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / / Edward Slavishak |
| Autore | Slavishak Edward Steven |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5/62097488609034 |
| Collana | Body, commodity, text |
| Soggetto topico |
Working class - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - History
Industrialization - Social aspects - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Industries - Social aspects - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh City promotion - Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh - History |
| ISBN |
9780822389347
0822389347 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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!". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910968182403321 |
Slavishak Edward Steven
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| Durham, : Duke University Press, 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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