Singing the city

1998

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Singing the city
  • Title
  • Singing the city: the bonds of home in an industrial landscape
  • Creator
  • Graham, Laurie.
  • Date
  • 1998
  • Identifier
  • 31735062136506
  • Description
  • "Convinced that industrial landscapes are too little understood and appreciated, Graham set out to investigate the city's landscape, past and present, and to learn the lessons she sensed were there about living a good life. The result, told in both her voice and the distinctive voices of the people she meets, is a powerful contribution to the literature of place." "Singing the City is an eloquent tribute to a way of life largely disappearing in America, using Pittsburgh as a lens. Graham is not blind to the damage industry has done - both to people and to the environment. But she shows us that there is also a rich human story that has gone largely untold, one that reveals, in all its ambiguities, the place of the industrial landscape in the heart."--BOOK JACKET.
  • Extent
  • 182 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher
  • University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Place of Publication
  • Pittsburgh, Pa
  • Type
  • text
  • Subject
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)--History
    Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social life and customs
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History
    Graham, Laurie
    Graham, Laurie --Homes and haunts--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
    Pennsylvania
    Pittsburgh
  • Language
  • eng
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Collection
  • Historic Pittsburgh Book Collection
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • University of Pittsburgh Press