Description |
318 pages ; 24 cm |
Note |
"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso. |
Contents |
Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en América : Migrant Labor Camp, Cherryfield, Maine -- G-L-O-R-Y : Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio -- Traffic : Air Traffic Control Tower, LaGuardia Airport, New York, New York -- Guns 'r' us : Sprague's Sports, Yuma, Arizona -- Beef : R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, Texas -- The Rig : Pioneer National Resources Oil Rig, Oooguruk Island, off the shores of Alaska's North Slope -- Sputter : I-80, Exit 284, Walcott, Iowa -- This is Paradise : Puente Hills Landfill, City of Industry, California. |
Summary |
Looks at the remarkable men and women whose low-profile accomplishments contribute to the running of the nation, from coal miners and oil rig workers to migrant laborers and air traffic controllers. |
Subject |
Working class -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Working class -- United States -- Biography.
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Working class -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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Manual work -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Subculture -- United States.
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Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958- -- Travel -- United States.
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United States -- Description and travel.
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
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ISBN |
9780399159008 (acid-free paper) : 26.95 |
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0399159002 (acid-free paper) |
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