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Pittsburgh Rising: From Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920 Muller, Edward K.
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- ISBN
- 9780822947721
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Pittsburgh Rising : from Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Genre
- History
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Topic
- United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 296 Pages
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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-10
0822947722
ISBN-13
9780822947721
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13058360670
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pittsburgh Rising : from Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year
2023
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Trade
Reviews
"Muller and Ruck detail how tycoons like Carnegie, Frick and Mellon built their empires, even as they emphasize the brutal exploitation of the largely immigrant workforce that made those fortunes possible -- and the ethnic social clubs and other organizations that helped those workers and their families survive. Still, the authors pay heed to underrepresented aspects of local history." --Bill O'Driscoll, WESA FM, "In its first 150 years, Pittsburgh was a place shaped by geography, natural resources, immigration, class and ethnic identity, and the quest for power and profit. This is a history of the people who fashioned lives in Pittsburgh and the material and social structures in which they lived those lives. Muller and Ruck offer a masterful sense of cause and effect, leading the reader into a sense of change over time. They present the messy limitations and possibilities of Pittsburghers' lives." --Edward Slavishak, Susquehanna University, "In its first 150 years, Pittsburgh was a place shaped by geography, natural resources, immigration, class and ethnic identity, and the quest for power and profit. This is a history of the people who fashioned lives in Pittsburgh and the material and social structures in which they lived those lives. Muller and Ruck offer a masterful sense of cause and effect, leading the reader into a sense of change over time. They present the messy limitations and possibilities of Pittsburghers' lives." -- Edward Slavishak, Susquehanna University, "Muller and Ruck do a fantastic job of giving a sense of what the actual conditions were like in the iron forges, steel mills, and glass workshops of Pittsburgh. The day-to-day specifics of labor are conveyed with ease and accessibility. They extend this focus to the capital class as well, explaining the economics and technology that altered industrial production, as well as the personalities of men like Carnegie, Frick, Westinghouse, and Heinz, who changed the city forever. In addition to that familiar story, they add nuance to the narrative of immigration to Pittsburgh, both from Europe and in the form of Black migration from the South, by emphasizing the ways in which regionalism from country of origin affected the American experience of different groups." --Ed Simon, author of An Alternative History of Pittsburgh, "Muller and Ruck do a fantastic job of giving a sense of what the actual conditions were like in the iron forges, steel mills, and glass workshops of Pittsburgh. The day-to-day specifics of labor are conveyed with ease and accessibility. They extend this focus to the capital class as well, explaining the economics and technology that altered industrial production, as well as the personalities of men like Carnegie, Frick, Westinghouse, and Heinz, who changed the city forever. In addition to that familiar story, they add nuance to the narrative of immigration to Pittsburgh, both from Europe and in the form of Black migration from the South, by emphasizing the ways in which regionalism from country of origin affected the American experience of different groups." -- Ed Simon, author of An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
974.88603
Synopsis
Over 170 years, Pittsburgh rose from remote outpost to industrial powerhouse. With the formation of the United States, the frontier town located at the confluence of three rivers grew into the linchpin for trade and migration between established eastern cities and the growing settlements of the Ohio Valley. Resources, geography, innovation, and personalities led to successful glass, iron, and eventually steel operations. As Pittsburgh blossomed into one of the largest cities in the country and became a center of industry, it generated great wealth for industrial and banking leaders. But immigrants and African American migrants, who labored under insecure, poorly paid, and dangerous conditions, did not share in the rewards of growth. Pittsburgh Rising traces the lives of individuals and families who lived and worked in this early industrial city, jammed into unhealthy housing in overcrowded neighborhoods near the mills. Although workers organized labor unions to improve conditions and charitable groups and reform organizations, often helmed by women, mitigated some of the deplorable conditions, authors Muller and Ruck show that divides along class, religious, ethnic, and racial lines weakened the efforts to improve the inequalities of early twentieth-century Pittsburgh--and persist today.
LC Classification Number
F159.P657
Copyright Date
2023
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