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Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure

Working Women, Popular Culture, and Labor Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By: Nan Enstad

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Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure

Working Women, Popular Culture, and Labor Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

By: Nan Enstad

At the beginning of the twentieth century, labor leaders in women's unions routinely chastised their members for their ceaseless pursuit of fashion, avid reading of dime novels, and "affected" ways, including aristocratic airs and accents. Indeed, working women in America were eagerly participating in the burgeoning consumer culture available to them. While the leading activists, organizers, and radicals feared that consumerist tendencies made working women seem frivolous and dissuaded them from political action, these women, in fact, went on strike in very large numbers during the period, proving themselves to be politically active, astute, and effective. In Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure, historian Nan Enstad explores the complex relationship between consumer culture and political activism for late nineteenth- and twentieth-century working women. While consumerism did not make women into radicals, it helped shape their culture and their identities as both workers and political actors. Examining material ranging from early dime novels about ordinary women who inherit wealth or marry millionaires, to inexpensive, ready-to-wear clothing that allowed them to both deny and resist mistreatment in the workplace, Enstad analyzes how working women wove popular narratives and fashions into their developing sense of themselves as "ladies." She then provides a detailed examination of how this notion of "ladyhood" affected the great New York shirtwaist strike of 1909-1910. From the women's grievances, to the walkout of over 20,000 workers, to their style of picketing, Enstad shows how consumer culture was a central theme in this key event of labor strife. Finally, Enstad turns to the motion picture genre of female adventure serials, popular after 1912, which imbued "ladyhood" with heroines' strength, independence, and daring.

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0231111037

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Cigarettes, Inc.

An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism

By: Nan Enstad

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Cigarettes, Inc.

An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism

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Traditional narratives of capitalist change often rely on the myth of the willful entrepreneur from the global North who transforms the economy and delivers modernity—for good or ill—to the rest of the world. With Cigarettes, Inc., Nan Enstad upends this story, revealing the myriad cross-cultural encounters that produced corporate life before World War II. In this startling account of innovation and expansion, Enstad uncovers a corporate network rooted in Jim Crow segregation that stretched between the United States and China and beyond. Cigarettes, Inc. teems with a global cast—from Egyptian, American, and Chinese entrepreneurs to a multiracial set of farmers, merchants, factory workers, marketers, and even baseball players, jazz musicians, and sex workers. Through their stories, Cigarettes, Inc. accounts for the cigarette’s spectacular rise in popularity and in the process offers nothing less than a sweeping reinterpretation of corporate power itself.

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University of Chicago Press

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Cigarettes, Inc.

An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism

By: Nan Enstad

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An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism

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Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure

Working Women, Popular Culture, and Labor Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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Working Women, Popular Culture, and Labor Politics at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Pebble Bed Reactor Core

By: Shengyao Jiang,Jiyuan Tu,Xingtuan Yang,Nan Gui

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Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer in Pebble Bed Reactor Core

By: Shengyao Jiang,Jiyuan Tu,Xingtuan Yang,Nan Gui

This book introduces readers to gas flows and heat transfer in pebble bed reactor cores. It addresses fundamental issues regarding experimental and modeling methods for complex multiphase systems, as well as relevant applications and recent research advances. The numerical methods and experimental measurements/techniques used to solve pebble flows, as well as the content on radiation modeling for high-temperature pebble beds, will be of particular interest. This book is intended for a broad readership, including researchers and practitioners, and is sure to become a key reference resource for students and professionals alike.

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9811595658

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