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Author:

Rotella, Carlo, 1964-

Title:

Good with their hands : boxers, bluesmen, and other characters from the Rust Belt / Carlo Rotella.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

ix, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

City and town life--United States.--Case studies.
Deindustrialization--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
Work--Social aspects--United States.--Case studies.
Social change--United States.--Case studies.
Creative ability--United States.--Case studies.
Boxing--United States.--Case studies.
Blues (Music)--United States.--Case studies.
Police films--United States--Case studies.
Landscape design--United States.--Case studies.
United States--Social life and customs--1971-
United States--Social conditions--1980-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Truth and beauty in the Rust Belt -- The culture of the hands -- Too many notes -- Grittiness -- Rocky Marciano's ghost -- Getting there.

ISBN:

9780520225626 (alk. paper)
0520225627 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48493774

LCCN:

2001007086

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)