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Cultural history of the relationship between labor and the city in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, which focuses on how the working-class body was used to symbolize Pittsburgh as a city of industry.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Slavishak, Edward Steven
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Body, commodity, text.
Subjects:
Working class > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History.
Industrialization > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
Industries > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
City promotion > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History.
Travailleurs > Pennsylvanie > Pittsburgh > Histoire.
Industrialisation > Aspect social > Pennsylvanie > Pittsburgh.
Villes > Marketing > Pennsylvanie > Pittsburgh > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
City promotion
Industrialization > Social aspects
Industries > Social aspects
Working class
Arbeiter
Industrialisierung
Körper
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > History.
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Cultural history of the relationship between labor and the city in turn-of-the-century Pittsburgh, which focuses on how the working-class body was used to symbolize Pittsburgh as a city of industry.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 354 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-343) and index.
ISBN:9780822389347
0822389347
Access:Access restricted to Kwantlen Polytechnic University students, faculty and staff.

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