Anvil canada (4 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback. Binding sound, text clean, light shelfwear. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister In The Brotherhood, is a deep dive into the secret language and hidden culture of one of the most esoteric heavy construction trades: Boilermaking. For more than two decades, Hilary Peach worked as a transient welder - and one of the only women - in the Boilermakers Union. Distilled from a vast cache of journals, notes, and keen observations, Thick Skin follows Peach from the West Coast shipyards and pulp mills of British Columbia, through the Alberta tar sands and the Ontario rust belt, to the colossal power generating stations of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. At times edging up to the surreal, Thick Skin is a collection of strange stories carefully told, in tenderness and ferocity, for anyone who has spent time in a trade, or is curious about the unseen world of industrial construction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 154 pages. Illustrated with colour and black and white photos. Endnotes. Bibliography. List of published articles and books. "Undertakes an historical investigation of mourning sites and practices within the province of British Columbia." - from front flap. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Possibly unread. An excellent copy. …

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. 135 pages plus bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. "An indispensible resource for activists, students, historians and anyone interested in the Vancouver the tourist brochures don't talk about.