Mining cultures men, women, and leisure in Butte, 1914-41 /
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 M...
| Main Author: | Murphy, Mary, 1953- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[1997]
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| Physical Description: |
xviii, 279 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series: |
Women in American history.
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| Summary: |
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. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-268) and index. Copper metropolis -- Habits of drink -- Manners and morals -- Born miners -- Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters -- Imagination's spur : station KGIR -- Depression blues and New Deal rhythms. 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. |
| Physical Description: |
xviii, 279 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-268) and index. |
| ISBN: |
025202267X 9780252022678 0252065697 9780252065699 |