Bodies of work civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / [electronic resource] :
Edward Slavishak.
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
- x, 354 p. : ill.
- Body, commodity, text .
- Body, commodity, text. e-Duke books scholarly collection. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-343) and index.
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!".
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Working class--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Industrialization--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Industries--Social aspects--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. City promotion--History.--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh