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.
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.
Edward Slavishak is Assistant Professor of History at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Inhaltsangabe
Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Usage xiii Introduction 1 1. The Magic of the Nineteenth Century: Industrial Change and Work in Pittsburgh 17 2. Working-Class Muscle in the Battle of Homestead 64 3. The Working Body as Civic Image 89 4. The Pittsburgh Survey and the Body as Evidence 149 5. "Delicately Built": The "Problem" of Working Women in Pittsburgh 200 6. Hiding and Displaying the Broken Body 224 Epilogue: "That's Work, and That's What People Like to Watch!" 265 Notes 277 Bibliography 319 Index 345
Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Note on Usage xiii Introduction 1 1. The Magic of the Nineteenth Century: Industrial Change and Work in Pittsburgh 17 2. Working-Class Muscle in the Battle of Homestead 64 3. The Working Body as Civic Image 89 4. The Pittsburgh Survey and the Body as Evidence 149 5. "Delicately Built": The "Problem" of Working Women in Pittsburgh 200 6. Hiding and Displaying the Broken Body 224 Epilogue: "That's Work, and That's What People Like to Watch!" 265 Notes 277 Bibliography 319 Index 345
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