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Author Slavishak, Edward Steven.

Title Bodies of work [electronic resource] : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / Edward Slavishak.

Imprint Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 354 p. : ill.
Series Body, commodity, text
Body, commodity, text.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Bibliography 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!".
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Working class -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History.
Industrialization -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
Industries -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.
City promotion -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780822389347
0822389347
9780822342069 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822342065 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822342250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822342251 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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