Lives of Their Own
Blacks, Italians, and Poles in Pittsburgh, 1900-1960
by John E. Bodnar ; Michael P. Weber ; Roger D. Simon
ISBN: 0252008804
ISBN-13: 9780252008801
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr
Published date: 1982
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.4 pounds
Pages: 286
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Lives of Their Own: Blacks, Italians, and Poles in Pittsburgh, 1900-1960
Bodnar, Simon & Weber
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1982. Trade Paperback. FINE. As new. "the strikingly different lives of black, Italian, and Polish immigrants in Pittsburgh...focuses on the migration process itself, job procurement and occupational mobility, family structure, home-ownership, and neighborhood institutions...blending oral histories with quantitative data...a convincing multi-layered portrait of working-class life in one of our great industrial cities." ISBN: 0252008804. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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Lives of Their Own : Blacks, Italians, and Poles in Pittsburgh, 1900-1960
BODNAR, John et al
Urbana, IL : University of Illinois. Fine/Fine. 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0252008804. 8vo, pp 286 : [10] pp of plates, map, 38 tables, appendices, index. Social and economic conditions of minority working classes in Pittsburgh. . ( more information) Offered by The Minnesota Bookman (United States)
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Lives of their own : Blacks, Italians, and Poles in Pittsburgh, 1900-1960 / John Bodnar, Roger Simon, and Michael P. Weber
Bodnar, John E. (1944-)
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Series: The Working class in American history. Subjects: Minorities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century. African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Working class--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ( more information) Offered by MW Books Ltd. (Ireland)
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