Exit Zero : family and class in postindustrial Chicago /

In 1980, Christine J. Walley's world was turned upside down when the steel mill in Southeast Chicago where her father worked abruptly closed. In the ensuing years, ninety thousand other area residents would also lose their jobs in the mills-just one example of the vast scale of deindustrializat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walley, Christine J., 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013, ©2013.
Temas:
Walley, Christine J., > 1965- > Family.
Walley, Christine J., > 1965-
1900-1999
Steel industry and trade > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Working class > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century.
Deindustrialization > Social aspects.
Travailleurs > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Désindustrialisation > Aspect social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Families.
Steel industry and trade.
Working class > Social conditions.
Illinois > Chicago.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A world of iron and steel: a family album
  • It all came tumbling down: my father and the demise of Chicago's steel industry
  • Places beyond
  • The ties that bind
  • Conclusion: From the grave to the cradle.

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