Good with Their Hands Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Belt

Name: Good with Their Hands Boxers, Bluesmen, and Other Characters from the Rust Belt
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ISBN: 9780520243354

ISBN-10: 0520243358

ISBN-13: 9780520243354

Edition: 2002

Authors: Carlo Rotella

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This eloquent, streetwise book is a paean to America's Rust Belt and a compelling exploration of four milieus caught up in a great transformation of city life. With loving attention to detail and a fine sense of historical context, Carlo Rotella explores women's boxing in Erie, Pennsylvania; Buddy Guy and the blues scene in Chicago; police work and crime stories in New York City, especially as they converged in the making of the movieThe French Connection;and attempts at urban renewal in the classic mill city of Brockton, Massachusetts. Navigating through accrued layers of cultural, economic, and personal history, Rotella shows how stories of city life can be found in a boxing match, a…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 9/22/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Introduction: Truth and Beauty in the Rust Belt



The Culture of the Hands



Too Many Notes



Grittiness



Rocky Marciano's Ghost


Conclusion: Getting There


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index