Seeing New York : history walks for armchair and footloose travelers / Hope Cooke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooke, Hope, 1940-

Series:

Critical perspectives on the past.

Critical perspectives on the past

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic sites--New York (State)--New York--Guidebooks.

Historic sites.

Walking--New York (State)--New York--Guidebooks.

Walking.

New York (N.Y.)--Tours.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Highly detailed and well-argued study focuses on mostly women workers in a Trinidadian factory. Utilizes approach which author claims unites history, culture, structure, and agency. In fact, coherent and theoretically sophisticated analytical framework provides context for the ethnographically rich, multi-dimensional narratives of women workers 'who endure oppression while at the same time reclaiming their dignity.' Core argument is that the production process 'becomes a site where the meanings of ethnicity, class, and gender are constructed, contested, and consented to.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword by M. Patricia Fernández-Kelly; Introduction; 1. Ethnicity, Gender, Class, and the Politics of Power; 2. Locating the Ethnography in History, Economy, and Society; 3. The Site of Production: A Trinidadian Factory; 4. Ethnicity at Work; 5. Gender at Work; 6. Class at Work; Conclusion; Appendix: The EUL Supervisors and Line Workers; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-277) and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-65843-3

9786612658433

1-56639-285-3

1-4399-0486-3

OCLC:

966910446