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Home on the Rails

- Women, the Railroad, and the Rise of Public Domesticity

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Amy G. Richter follows women travelers onto trains and considers the consequences of their presence. White men and women domesticated the railroad for themselves and paved the way for a racially segregated and class-stratified public space that freed women from the home yet preserved the railroad as a masculine domain.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780807855911
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 296
  • Udgivet:
  • 31. marts 2005
  • Udgave:
  • Størrelse:
  • 156x235x19 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 400 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 5. december 2024

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Amy G. Richter follows women travelers onto trains and considers the consequences of their presence. White men and women domesticated the railroad for themselves and paved the way for a racially segregated and class-stratified public space that freed women from the home yet preserved the railroad as a masculine domain.

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