A town without steel : envisioning Homestead / Judith Modell ; photographs by Charlee Brodsky.

Author/creator Schachter, Judith, 1941-
Format Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxxiv, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Plant shutdowns--Pennsylvania. --Homestead. --History. --20th century.
Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania. --Homestead. --History. --20th century.
Iron and steel workers--Pennsylvania. --Homestead. --History. --20th century.
Homestead (Pa.)--History.
Homestead (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Contents Envisioning Homestead : the place -- Setting the stage : three generations in a mill town -- The curtain comes down : living without a mill in a mill town -- Women's activities and men's work : the division of labor in a steel town -- Raising a new generation in an ex-steel town -- Harmony and discord : interpretations of ethnicity and religion in a steel town -- Steel and segregation : race relations in Homestead -- Outside the mill : recreation and residence in Homestead -- Responses in the Valley : the aftermath of the closing -- Beyond the closing : changes in Homestead.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-336) and index.
LCCN 98009030
ISBN0822956764 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN082294071X (cloth : acid-free paper)