Workin On The Railroad
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Workin On The Railroad
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Author : Richard Reinhardt
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2003
Workin On The Railroad written by Richard Reinhardt and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
“The mighty railroad occupied the undisputed center of American public life. The railroad founded cities, populated states, created governments, destroyed the wilderness. It was the great speculator, the political tyrant, the recruiter of immigrants, the opener of new lands, the cynosure of poets and pioneers, the symbol of adventure, opportunity, escape, and power. . . . Yet, the railroad man, for all his historic importance, his archetypal stature, and his economic power, has achieved only a minor position in American literature.”--from Workin’ on the Railroad In Workin’ on the Railroad, Richard Reinhardt presents firsthand accounts from engineers, brakemen, porters, conductors, section men, roundhouse workers, switchmen, telegraphers, surveyors, and other neglected pioneers who worked the railroad during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Age of Steam.
Working For The Railroad
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Author : Walter Licht
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Working For The Railroad written by Walter Licht and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Business & Economics categories.
Walter Licht chronicles the working and personal lives of the first two generations of American railwaymen, the first workers in America to enter large-scale, bureaucratically managed, corporately owned work organizations. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Working On The Railroad Walking In Beauty
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Author : Jay Youngdahl
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2011-10-23
Working On The Railroad Walking In Beauty written by Jay Youngdahl and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-23 with History categories.
For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives. Jay Youngdahl, an attorney who has represented Navajo workers in claims with their railroad employers since 1992 and who more recently earned a master's in divinity from Harvard, has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of hard labor away from home.
Working On The Railroad
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Author : Brian Solomon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Working On The Railroad written by Brian Solomon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Law firms categories.
Long Steel Rail
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Author : Norm Cohen
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2000
Long Steel Rail written by Norm Cohen and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Music categories.
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. Norm Cohen provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-Bound Train" and "Casey Jones," with their music, sources, history, variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition.
The Railroad In American Fiction
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Author : Grant Burns
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-01-28
The Railroad In American Fiction written by Grant Burns and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-28 with Transportation categories.
Nothing better represented the early spirit of American expansion than the railroad. Dominant in daily life as well as in the popular imagination, the railroad appealed strongly to creative writers. For many years, fiction of railroad life and travel was plentiful and varied. As the nineteenth century receded, the railroad's allure faded, as did railroad fiction. Today, it is hard to sense what the railroad once meant to Americans. The fiction of the railroad--often by railroaders themselves--recaptures that sense, and provides valuable insights on American cultural history. This extensively annotated bibliography lists and discusses in 956 entries novels and short stories from the 1840s to the present in which the railroad is important. Each entry includes plot and character description to help the reader make an informed decision on the source's merit. A detailed introduction discusses the history of railroad fiction and highlights common themes such as strikes, hoboes, and the roles of women and African-Americans. Such writers of "pure" railroad fiction as Harry Bedwell, Frank Packard, and Cy Warman are well represented, along with such literary artists as Mark Twain, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, and Ellen Glasgow. Work by minority writers, including Jean Toomer, Richard Wright, Frank Chin, and Toni Morrison, also receives close attention. An appendix organizes entries by decade of publication, and the work is indexed by subject and title.
Humans At Work In The Digital Age
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Author : Shawna Ross
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-12-05
Humans At Work In The Digital Age written by Shawna Ross and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Humans at Work in the Digital Age explores the roots of twenty-first-century cultures of digital textual labor, mapping the diverse physical and cognitive acts involved, and recovering the invisible workers and work that support digital technologies. Drawing on 14 case studies organized around four sites of work, this book shows how definitions of labor have been influenced by the digital technologies that employees use to produce, interpret, or process text. Incorporating methodology and theory from a range of disciplines and highlighting labor issues related to topics as diverse as census tabulation, market research, electronic games, digital archives, and 3D modeling, contributors uncover the roles played by race, class, gender, sexuality, and national politics in determining how narratives of digital labor are constructed and erased. Because each chapter is centered on the human cost of digital technologies, however, it is individual people immersed in cultures of technology who are the focus of the volume, rather than the technologies themselves. Humans at Work in the Digital Age shows how humanistic inquiry can be a valuable tool in the emerging conversation surrounding digital textual labor. As such, this book will be essential reading for academics and postgraduate students engaged in the study of digital humanities; human-computer interaction; digital culture and social justice; race, class, gender, and sexuality in digital realms; the economics of the internet; and technology in higher education.
She S Been Working On The Railroad
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Author : Nancy Smiler Levinson
language : en
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1997
She S Been Working On The Railroad written by Nancy Smiler Levinson and has been published by Dutton Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Relates the story of women who have worked on the railroad in ever-increasing numbers and expanding range of jobs from the mid-1800s to the present.
American Negro Songs
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Author : John W. Work
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-04-09
American Negro Songs written by John W. Work and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with Music categories.
Authoritative study traces the African influences and lyric significance of such songs as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and John Henry, and gives words and music for 230 songs. Bibliography. Index of Song Titles.
Public Cowboy No 1
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Author : Holly George-Warren
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-05
Public Cowboy No 1 written by Holly George-Warren and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
George-Warren offers the first serious biography in which Gene Autry the legend becomes a flesh-and-blood man--with all the passions, triumphs, and tragedies of a flawed icon.