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A town without steel : envisioning Homestead / Judith Modell ; photographs by Charlee Brodsky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, (c)1998.Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 341 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822980865
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F159 .T696 1998
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Setting the stage : three generations in a mill town -- The curtain comes down : living without a mill in a mill town -- Women's activities and men's work : the division of labor in a steel town -- Raising a new generation in an ex-steel town -- Harmony and discord : interpretations of ethnicity and religion in a steel town -- Steel and segregation : race relations in Homestead -- Outside the mill : recreation and residence in Homestead -- Responses in the Valley : the aftermath of the closing -- Beyond the closing : changes in Homestead.
Summary: In 1986, the USX Homestead Works closed, with the loss of thousands of jobs. This book looks at the people of Homestead and how they dealt with the trauma that affected them, detailing the modifications of domestic strategies in a public crisis.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction F159.7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn892430314

Includes bibliographies and index.

Envisioning Homestead : the place -- Setting the stage : three generations in a mill town -- The curtain comes down : living without a mill in a mill town -- Women's activities and men's work : the division of labor in a steel town -- Raising a new generation in an ex-steel town -- Harmony and discord : interpretations of ethnicity and religion in a steel town -- Steel and segregation : race relations in Homestead -- Outside the mill : recreation and residence in Homestead -- Responses in the Valley : the aftermath of the closing -- Beyond the closing : changes in Homestead.

In 1986, the USX Homestead Works closed, with the loss of thousands of jobs. This book looks at the people of Homestead and how they dealt with the trauma that affected them, detailing the modifications of domestic strategies in a public crisis.

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