Plain Folk

Plain Folk
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 0252009061
ISBN-13 : 9780252009068
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Book Synopsis Plain Folk by : David M. Katzman

Download or read book Plain Folk written by David M. Katzman and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plain Folk depicts both the ordinary occupations and ethnic and racial diversity of America at the turn of the century. Katzman and Tuttle have drawn upon 75 brief autobiographies or "lifelets" of working-class Americans published between 1902 and 1906 in The Independent magazine. Among the seventeen life stories included here are those of a Lithuanian stockyards worker in Chicago, a Polish sweatshop girl and a Chinese merchant in New York City, a black peon in rural Georgia, and a Swedish farmer in Minnesota. Together they provide an unmediated and seldom-seen view of American life during this period.


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