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Bodies of work [electronic resource] : civic display and labor in industrial Pittsburgh / Edward Slavishak.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Body, commodity, text | e-Duke books scholarly collectionPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.Description: x, 354 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780822389347
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HD8085.P63 S63 2008
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Contents:
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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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!".

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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