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Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 586
Authors: Archie Green
Categories: Folklore
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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In this culmination of his half-century of involvement with American workers and their traditions, Archie Green explores occupational expression - stories, song
American Folklore
Language: en
Pages: 812
Authors: Jan Harold Brunvand
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05-24 - Publisher: Routledge

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Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 art
Polish-American Folklore
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Deborah Anders Silverman
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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In addition, she offers a wealth of information on foodways and on the origins and celebration of holy days, from Christmas Eve vigils to the Dyngus Day festiva
The Voice of Southern Labor
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Vincent J. Roscigno
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400,000 mill hands, remains perhaps the largest collective mobilization of workers in U.S. history
Tin Men
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Archie Green
Categories: Tinsmiths
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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"Crafted from sheet metal and scraps into likenesses that include clowns, knights, cowboys, and L. Frank Baum's Tin Woodman of Oz, tin men have both utilitarian