Oral History, Community, and Work in the American West

Name: Oral History, Community, and Work in the American West
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ISBN: 9780816530175

ISBN-10: 0816530173

ISBN-13: 9780816530175

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Jessie L. Embry

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Nurses, show girls, housewives, farm workers, casino managers, and government inspectors—together these hard-working members of society contributed to the development of towns across the West. The essays in this volume show how oral history increases understanding of work and community in the twentieth century American West.In many cases occupations brought people together in myriad ways. The Latino workers who picked lemons together in Southern California report that it was baseball and Cinco de Mayo Queen contests that united them. Mormons in Fort Collins, Colorado, say that building a church together bonded them together. In separate essays, African Americans and women describe how they…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 10/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English