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Sto caricando le informazioni... Pittsburgh Rising: From Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920di Edward K. Muller
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Over 170 years, Pittsburgh rose from remote outpost to industrial powerhouse. With the formation of the United States, the frontier town located at the confluence of three rivers grew into the linchpin for trade and migration between established eastern cities and the growing settlements of the Ohio Valley. Resources, geography, innovation, and personalities led to successful glass, iron, and eventually steel operations. As Pittsburgh blossomed into one of the largest cities in the country and became a center of industry, it generated great wealth for industrial and banking leaders. But immigrants and African American migrants, who labored under insecure, poorly paid, and dangerous conditions, did not share in the rewards of growth. Pittsburgh Rising traces the lives of individuals and families who lived and worked in this early industrial city, jammed into unhealthy housing in overcrowded neighborhoods near the mills. Although workers organized labor unions to improve conditions and charitable groups and reform organizations, often helmed by women, mitigated some of the deplorable conditions, authors Muller and Ruck show that divides along class, religious, ethnic, and racial lines weakened the efforts to improve the inequalities of early twentieth-century Pittsburgh--and persist today. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)974.88603History and Geography North America Northeastern U.S. Pennsylvania Southwest counties; Westmoreland group PittsburghClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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The source material is rich. They bring together many separate academic studies on immigration, migration, industry, western expansion, war, and biography by scholars such as Bodnar, Gottlieb, Faires, Weber, Ingham, Tarr, Hays, Glasco, Couvares, Lubove, Montgomery, and Dickerson, into a cohesive focus, one that tells the story of the people of the region in engaging and approachable ways.
Excellent Read! Thanks Ted and Rob! ( )