Good with their hands : boxers, bluesmen, and other characters from the Rust Belt /

This eloquent, streetwise book is a paean to America's Rust Belt and a compelling exploration of four milieus caught up in a great transformation of city life. With loving attention to detail and a fine sense of historical context, Carlo Rotella explores women's boxing in Erie, Pennsylvani...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rotella, Carlo, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Since 1971
City and town life > United States > Case studies.
Deindustrialization > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Work > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Social change > United States > Case studies.
Creative ability > United States > Case studies.
Boxing > United States > Case studies.
Blues (Music) > Case studies.
Police films > United States > Case studies.
Landscape design > United States > Case studies.
Vie urbaine > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Désindustrialisation > Aspect social > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Travail > Aspect social > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Créativité > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Boxe > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Films policiers > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Aménagement paysager > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Creative ability.
Blues (Music)
Boxing.
City and town life.
Deindustrialization > Social aspects.
Landscape design.
Manners and customs.
Police films.
Social change.
Work > Social aspects.
United States > Social life and customs > 1971-
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1971-
United States.
Case studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This eloquent, streetwise book is a paean to America's Rust Belt and a compelling exploration of four milieus caught up in a great transformation of city life. With loving attention to detail and a fine sense of historical context, Carlo Rotella explores women's boxing in Erie, Pennsylvania; Buddy Guy and the blues scene in Chicago; police work and crime stories in New York City, especially as they converged in the making of the movie The French Connection; and attempts at urban renewal in the classic mill city of Brockton, Massachusetts.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 269 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520938441
0520938445
9780520225626
1597346403
9781597346405
9786612358029
6612358025
0520225627

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