9780252065699-0252065697-Mining Cultures: Men, Women, and Leisure in Butte, 1914-41 (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History)

Mining Cultures: Men, Women, and Leisure in Butte, 1914-41 (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History)

ISBN-13: 9780252065699
ISBN-10: 0252065697
Edition: First Edition
Author: Mary Murphy
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Format: Paperback 328 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780252065699
ISBN-10: 0252065697
Edition: First Edition
Author: Mary Murphy
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Format: Paperback 328 pages

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Mining Cultures: Men, Women, and Leisure in Butte, 1914-41 (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History) (ISBN-13: 9780252065699 and ISBN-10: 0252065697), written by authors Mary Murphy, was published by University of Illinois Press in 1997. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Mining Cultures: Men, Women, and Leisure in Butte, 1914-41 (Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.4.

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Probing behind the "wide-open
city" moniker Butte has worn so well, Mining Cultures shows
how the western city evolved from a male-dominated mining enclave to a
community in which men and women participated on a more equal basis as
leisure patterns changed and consumer culture grew.
Mary Murphy's engagingly written
book is the first serious look at how women worked and spent their leisure
time in a city dominated by men's work--mining. In bringing Butte to life,
she draws on church weeklies, high school yearbooks, holiday rituals,
movie plots, and news of local fashion, in addition to the more customary
court cases, newspapers, and interviews.
Her lively chronicle of the
growth of consumer culture in Butte is richly illustrated. It will interest
those in western and women's history, leisure and consumerism studies,
and labor and immigration history, as well as general readers.
A volume in the series
Women in American History, edited by Anne Firor Scott, Nancy A. Hewitt,
and Stephanie Shaw

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