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University of Illinois Press, Date: 1993-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1993. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252019636 9780252019630 [US]
ISBN10: 0252019636, ISBN13: 9780252019630, [publisher: University of Illinois Press, Baltimore] Hardcover Hardcover. In this culmination of his half-century of involvement with American workers and their traditions, Archie Green explores occupational expression---stories, songs, customs, beliefs, artifacts---on the job and in institutions such as trade unions. Combining ethnographic description with analysis drawn from folklore, history, literary criticism, art history, linguistics, and philosophy, Green presents ten case studies in which he reflects on single words as social texts ("Wobbly," "fink") and clustered words within anecdotes, tales and ballads. In this culmination of his half-century of involvement with American workers and their traditions, Archie Green explores occupational expression - stories, songs, customs, beliefs, artifacts - on the job and in institutions such as trade unions. Combining ethnographic description with analysis drawn from folklore, history, literary criticism, art history, linguistics, and philosophy, Green presents ten case studies in which he reflects on single words as social texts ("Wobbly", "fink") and clustered words within anecdotes, tales, and ballads ("John Henry", Homestead's strike songs, job yarns about cuckoldry and sexual impotence, and pile-driving traditions, for example). Drawing on Green's own experience as a shipwright and ...
University of Illinois Press, Date: 1993-06-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, 1st printing, University of Illinois Press hardcover w/ DJ, 1993. Book is VG, w/ clean text, solid binding; coffee stain to lower edge. DJ is VG, w/ very light edgewear. Free delivery confirmation. 1993. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252019636 9780252019630 [US]
ISBN10: 0252019636, ISBN13: 9780252019630, [publisher: University of Illinois Press] Hardcover First Edition 523pp, not price clipped, no inscriptions. Very slight rubbing to wrapper, no fading or tears. Bright and clean internally with very little apparent wear, almost as new condition. Heavy book, please inquire for postage outside the UK. [Hanley Swan, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]
University of Illinois Press, Date: 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 523pp, not price clipped, no inscriptions. Very slight rubbing to wrapper, no fading or tears. Bright and clean internally with very little apparent wear, almost as new condition. Heavy book, please inquire for postage outside the UK. 1993. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252019636 9780252019630 [GB]
ISBN10: 0252019636, ISBN13: 9780252019630, [publisher: University of Illinois Press] Hardcover First Edition 1st Printing of 1st Edition. Near Fine book in Fine DJ. Dust jacket, protected by mylar cover, is clean & bright w/no rips or creases. Book looks almost new. Blue cloth boards w/silver stamped titles very clean. Binding tight. Pages clean & unmarked. Quick, secure shipping w/free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. [Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, Date: 1993. Hardcover. xii, 523p., illus., splash stain to fore-edge else very good condition in like dj. Folklore and society. 1993. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252019636 US
Printed on acid free paper.. title, author and press in silver gilt on spine. Text unmarked. Book unread. 523 pages. Index and references. No visible flaws. Date: 1993. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252019636 9780252019630 [US]
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, Date: 1993. Hardcover. xii, 523p., illus., splash stain to fore-edge else very good condition in like dj. Folklore and society. 1993. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252019636 9780252019630 [US]
University of Illinois Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. University of Illinois Press ISBN 0252019636 9780252019630 [US]
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UsedGood. Condition: GOOD - Used with some wear from use. May include stickers on cover, missing or wear to dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to the fore edge. All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations - can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered. ISBN 0252019636 9780252019630 [US]
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