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Author

Murphy, Mary, 1953-

Title Mining cultures : men, women, and leisure in Butte, 1914-41 / Mary Murphy.

Imprint

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1997.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	978.66803 M955m	---	Available

Description	xviii, 279 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series	Women in American history
	Women in American history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-268) and index.
Contents	Copper metropolis -- Habits of drink -- Manners and morals -- Born miners -- Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters -- Imagination's spur : station KGIR -- Depression blues and New Deal rhythms.
Subject	Copper mines and mining -- Montana -- Butte -- History.
	Cities and towns -- Montana -- Growth -- Case studies
	Butte (Mont.) -- History.
	Butte (Mont.) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN	0252065697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	025202267X (alk. paper)