2008, ISBN: 9780674166974

Duke University Press Books, 2008-09-16. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. like new! appears unread, might be light wear to exterior, Support Independent Pacific Northwest Bookselle… Mehr…

Duke University Press Books, 2008-09-16. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket. like new! appears unread, might be light wear to exterior, Support Independent Pacific Northwest Booksellers! Glued binding. Cloth over boards. 354 p. Contains: Illustrations. Body, Commodity, Text: Studies of Objectifying Practice. Audience: General/trade. Pittsburgh emerged as a major U.S. manufacturing centre at the turn of the twentieth century. Its rise as a leading producer of steel, glass, and coal was fuelled by machine technology and mass immigration, developments that fundamentally changed the industrial workplace. In the Steel City, where the major industries were almost exclusively male and renowned for their physical demands, the male working body came to symbolize multiple, often contradictory, narratives about strength and vulnerability, mastery and exploitation. Combining labour and cultural history with visual culture studies, Edward S. Slavishak explores how Pittsburgh and the working body were symbolically linked in civic celebrations, the research of social scientists, the criticisms of labour reformers, advertisements, and workers' self-representations. With "Bodies of Work", Slavishak chronicles a heated contest to define the essential character of the Steel City at the turn of the twentieth century: a contest conducted largely through the production of competing images. Slavishak focuses on the workers whose bodies came to epitomize Pittsburgh: the men engaged in the arduous physical labour demanded by the city's metals, glass, and coal industries. At the same time, he emphasizes how conceptions of Pittsburgh as quintessentially male limited representations of women in the industrial workplace. The threat of injury or violence loomed large for industrial workers at the turn of the twentieth century, and it recurs throughout "Bodies of Work": in the marketing of artificial limbs, statistical assessments of the physical toll of industrial capitalism, clashes between labour and management, the introduction of workplace safety procedures, and the development of a state-wide workmen's compensation system., Duke University Press Books, 2008-09-16, 3, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1996. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. How far should society go in allowing people to buy & sell goods & services? Should babies, body parts & sex be treated as other commodities to be traded in a free market? Controversial issues indeed. In the face of an expanding free market, the author explores the commification issue, balancing the liberal democratic ideal of personal choice against the need to protect the individual. human rights and to respect humanity. Radin is Professor of Law at Stanford University. Tan cloth with black titling on spine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 296 pages with extensive notes and index. Slight edge wear., Harvard University Press, 1996, 4.5<

1996, ISBN: 9780674166974

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Cloth, Book, Fine in Near Fine jacket, [ED: 1], Law & Legal Issues|Commerical Products & Marketing-Social Aspects, How far should society go in allowing people to buy & sell goods & servi… Mehr…

Cloth, Book, Fine in Near Fine jacket, [ED: 1], Law & Legal Issues|Commerical Products & Marketing-Social Aspects, How far should society go in allowing people to buy & sell goods & services? Should babies, body parts & sex be treated as other commodities to be traded in a free market? Controversial issues indeed. In the face of an expanding free market, the author explores the commification issue, balancing the liberal democratic ideal of personal choice against the need to protect the individual. human rights and to respect humanity. Radin is Professor of Law at Stanford University. Tan cloth with black titling on spine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 296 pages with extensive notes and index. Slight edge wear., Cambridge, Massachusetts, [PU: Harvard University Press]<

1996, ISBN: 0674166973

[EAN: 9780674166974], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 5.87], [PU: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, M.A.], Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Direct from the office of a retired… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780674166974], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 5.87], [PU: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, M.A.], Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Direct from the office of a retired Professor of EU Law. Faint mark to page block face, otherwise like new condition. AD, Books<

1996, ISBN: 0674166973

[EAN: 9780674166974], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Harvard University Press], Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780674166974], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Harvard University Press], Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include cdrom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!, Books<