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Home on the rails : women, the railroad, and the rise of public domesticity Amy G. Richter
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richter, Amy G.
- Series:
- Gender & American culture
- Gender and American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--History--19th century.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Sex role--United States--History--19th century.
- Sex role.
- Women--United States--History--19th century.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.
- Contents:
- Narrative lines
- When spheres collide
- At home aboard
- A ladies' place
- Working for the railroad
- Nerves of steel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807829269 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807829264 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 080785591X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780807855911 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 56729919
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