About this title: America was once full of small, lively places that produced things. But then factories closed, mills shut down, mines quit hiring. Steelworkers, textile workers, automakers, and coal miners were laid off, phased out, downsized, outsourced, given the axe, or otherwise told to get lost. Once proud towns gave way to vacant storefronts, empty streets, and wounded people struggling with anger and bitterness. Through words and pictures, After the Smoke Clears takes readers into the communities of Homestead and Braddock, Pennsylvania; Lewiston, Maine; Matewan, West Virginia; and Flint, Michigan. ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: 2002-10-27
ISBN-13:9780822941903ISBN:0822941902
Description: Very Good. Very good+ condition very lightly read hardback book with dustjacket, very clean no highlighting, underlining or notes. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ. Of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh
Date Published: 2002
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780822941903ISBN:0822941902
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Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Original Cloth
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780822941903ISBN:0822941902
Description: Mellon, Steve [photographs] Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Handsome copy of stated first printing of first edition of this combination of words and photographs exploring the plight of Rustbelt America by a noted photojournalist. Oblong volume bound in original dark blue cloth with spine lettered in silver. Contents clean, binding sturdy and tight. Dust jacket has black-shading-to-blue backtground lettered in white and red with sepia-and-white photographs inset on front and back panels. Slight ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780822941903ISBN:0822941902
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Clean, tight text. Dust jacket shows slight edgewear. Dust jacket now covered with a clear, polyester film protector. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: 2002-10-27
ISBN-13:9780822941903ISBN:0822941902
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13:9780822959151ISBN:0822959151
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13:9780822959151ISBN:0822959151
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Edition: First Edition (Unstated)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh
Date Published: 2002
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar cover. Very good condition. America was once full of small, lively places where people produced things. These were factory towns, mill towns, mining towns-places with corner groceries and five-and-dime stores, community churches and neighborhood bars, parades down Main Street, softball games at the town park. Then America changed. Once-proud towns became crowded with vacant storefronts, haunted by empty streets, and populated by a group of wounded ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13:9780822959151ISBN:0822959151
Description: New. 0822959151 Absolutely Brand New. No marks and in pristine condition. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13:9780822959151ISBN:0822959151
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail International Priority mail. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
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