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Author:

Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958-

Title:

Hidden America : from coal miners to cowboys, an extraordinary exploration of the unseen people who make this country work / Jeanne Marie Laskas.

Publisher:

G.P. Putnam's Sons,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Working class--United States--Social conditions.
Working class--United States--Biography.
Working class--United States--Social life and customs.
Manual work--Social aspects--United States.
Subculture--United States.
Laskas, Jeanne Marie,--1958---Travel--United States.
United States--Description and travel.
United States--Social conditions--1980-
United States--Social life and customs--1971-

Notes:

"Published simultaneously in Canada"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

Underworld : Hopedale Mining, Cadiz, Ohio -- Hecho en America : 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.

ISBN:

0399159002 (acid-free paper)
9780399159008 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)785077612

LCCN:

2012025457

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