The point of Pittsburgh
Subtitle: production and struggle at the forks of the Ohio
By: by Charles McCollester ; illustrations by Bill Yund
Contributors: Yund, Bill
Edition: People's Pittsburgh 250 ed.
Publisher: Battle of Homestead Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780981889405; 9780981889412
Subjects: Industries; Social conditions; History; Working class; Labor movement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Land and waters; title: Natives at the forks, 14,000 BC-1740 AD; title: Invasion and resistance, 1741-1790; title: Gateway to the heartland, 1791-1850; title: Civil war and industrial might, 1851-1875; title: Dominance and resistance, 1876-1894; title: The triumph of capital, 1895-1909; title: The Americanization of labor, 1910-1919; title: Mellons' rule and capital's crash, 1920-1932; title: Labor's rise, 1933-1940; title: Victory and division, 1941-1949; title: The flowering of the mill town, 1950-1960.