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Minding the machine [[electronic resource] ] : languages of class in early industrial America / / Stephen P. Rice
| Minding the machine [[electronic resource] ] : languages of class in early industrial America / / Stephen P. Rice |
| Autore | Rice Stephen P (Stephen Patrick), <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.5097309034 |
| Soggetto topico |
Social classes - United States - History - 19th century
Industrial revolution - United States - History - 19th century Work in literature Social classes in literature |
| Soggetto non controllato |
antebellum america
civil war class conflict class formation class relations economic history engineer explosions factory production factory workers foremen industrial development industrial revolution labor industrial relations labor movements labor management manual labor marxism mechanic institutes movement mechanization middle class nonfiction poverty railroad steam boiler steamboat united states wage workers wealth gap working class working conditions |
| ISBN |
0-520-92657-9
9786612356377 1-282-35637-2 1-59734-754-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Antebellum Popular Discourse on Mechanization -- 2. Head and Hand: The Mechanics' Institute Movement and the Conception of Class Authority -- 3. Hand and Head: The Manual Labor School Movement -- 4. Mind and Body: Popular Physiology and the Health of a Nation -- 5. Human and Machine: Steam Boiler Explosions and the Making of the Engineer -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783388603321 |
Rice Stephen P (Stephen Patrick), <1963->
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, c2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland
| William Mulholland and the rise of Los Angeles [[electronic resource] /] / Catherine Mulholland |
| Autore | Mulholland Catherine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina | 979.4/9404/092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water-supply - California - Los Angeles - History
Engineers - California - Los Angeles |
| Soggetto non controllato |
academic
aqueduct biography california career history chinatown coming of age department of power department of water drought engineer engineering family history growing up immigrant life story los angeles mulholland natural history natural resources natural world nature newspaper owens valley primary source research scholarly southern california true story untold story water history water system west coast western united states |
| ISBN |
0-520-92901-2
1-59875-011-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Long Journey from Dublin to Los Angeles, 1855-1876 -- 2. The City of Angels, 1877 -- 3. The Private Water Company and Its Owners, 1878-1879 -- 4. Advancing in the Water Business, 1880-1886 -- 5. The New Superintendent, 1887-1892 -- 6. Water Plots and Politics, 1893-1895 -- 7. The Years of Mayor Eaton, 1898-1900 -- 8. The City's Victory over the "Grand Monopoly," 1901-1902 -- 9. New Regime for a Booming Town, 1903-1904 -- 10. Desperate Remedies in a Dry Season, 1904 -- 11. A Plan Revealed, 1905 -- 12. Preparations for an Aqueduct and a Trip to Washington, D.C., 1906 -- 13. The Big Job Begins, 1907 -- 14. The Chief and the General, 1908 -- 15. Building the Aqueduct: The Best Year, 1909 -- 16. Troubles and Interruptions, 1910 -- 17. Aqueduct Progress and Political Fireworks, 1911 -- 18. The Investigation, 1912 -- 19. The Completion of the Aqueduct, 1913 -- 20. After the Aqueduct, 1914-1919 -- 21. A Stormy Decade Begins, 1920-1923 -- 22. Boulder Dam and Dynamite, 1924 -- 23. More Dynamite, 1925-1927 -- 24. The Saint Francis Dam Disaster and After, 1928-1935 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783300003321 |
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Mulholland Catherine
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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