Bodies of Work: Civic Display and Labor in Industrial Pittsburgh
(Part of the Body, Commodity, Text Series)
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By the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh emerged as a major manufacturing center in the United States. Its rise as a leading producer of steel, glass, and coal was fueled by machine technology and mass immigration, developments that fundamentally changed the industrial workplace. Because Pittsburgh's major industries were almost exclusively male and renowned for their physical demands, the male working body came to symbolize multiple often...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822342251
ISBN13:9780822342250
Release Date:September 2008
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 8.8"
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