The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / / Ryan Dearinger |
Autore | Dearinger Ryan <1979-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/20978 |
Soggetto topico |
Canal construction workers - United States - History
Railroad construction workers - United States - History Foreign workers - United States - History Canals - United States - History Railroads - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century american history
19th century american immigrants american empire american history american west canals capitalism central pacific railroad chinese construction workers continental empire cultural studies erie canal history immigrants immigration irish labor studies labor mormons narrative of progress national infrastructure rail travel railroads suffering survival technology union pacific railroad united states of america westward expansion workers rights workers |
ISBN | 0-520-96037-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Bind the Republic together" : canals, railroads, and the paradox of American progress -- Immigrant labor and the American imagination : Irish ditchdiggers, the triumph of progress, and the contest of canal communities in the Hoosier State -- "Abuse of the labour and lives of men" : Irish construction workers and the violence of progress on the Illinois transportation frontier -- "Hell (and Heaven) on wheels" : Mormons, immigrants, and the reconstruction of American progress and masculinity on the transcontinental railroad -- "The greatest monument of human labor" : Chinese immigrants, the landscape of progress, and the work of building and celebrating the transcontinental railroad -- End-of-track : reflections on the history of immigrant labor and American progress. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797577403321 |
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The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / / Ryan Dearinger |
Autore | Dearinger Ryan <1979-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.6/20978 |
Soggetto topico |
Canal construction workers - United States - History
Railroad construction workers - United States - History Foreign workers - United States - History Canals - United States - History Railroads - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century american history
19th century american immigrants american empire american history american west canals capitalism central pacific railroad chinese construction workers continental empire cultural studies erie canal history immigrants immigration irish labor studies labor mormons narrative of progress national infrastructure rail travel railroads suffering survival technology union pacific railroad united states of america westward expansion workers rights workers |
ISBN | 0-520-96037-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Bind the Republic together" : canals, railroads, and the paradox of American progress -- Immigrant labor and the American imagination : Irish ditchdiggers, the triumph of progress, and the contest of canal communities in the Hoosier State -- "Abuse of the labour and lives of men" : Irish construction workers and the violence of progress on the Illinois transportation frontier -- "Hell (and Heaven) on wheels" : Mormons, immigrants, and the reconstruction of American progress and masculinity on the transcontinental railroad -- "The greatest monument of human labor" : Chinese immigrants, the landscape of progress, and the work of building and celebrating the transcontinental railroad -- End-of-track : reflections on the history of immigrant labor and American progress. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810482903321 |
Dearinger Ryan <1979->
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2016] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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