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Glass Towns

- Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s
Af: Ken Fones-Wolf Engelsk Paperback

Glass Towns

- Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 1890-1930s
Af: Ken Fones-Wolf Engelsk Paperback
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While rich in natural resources, Appalachia remains a nationwide symbol of poverty. Ken Fones-Wolf deftly combines labor and business history to examine how a promising partnership between West Virginia and the glass industry failed to improve the state''s political economy. 

State leaders saw glass as a potential cornerstone industry that promised high wages, reinvestment in the local economy, and a complement to the state’s abundance of timber and fossil fuels. Fones-Wolf draws on case studies of three glass production hubs to analyze the impact of industry on local populations and the Belgian- and French-born craftsmen who took jobs in the area. Throughout, Fones-Wolf examines patterns of global industrial restructuring, the ways workers reshaped workplace culture and political action, and employer strategies for responding to global competition, unreliable markets, and growing labor costs at the end of the nineteenth century. 

Incisive and rich in on-the-ground detail, Glass Towns examines an Appalachian pursuit of self-sustaining development.

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While rich in natural resources, Appalachia remains a nationwide symbol of poverty. Ken Fones-Wolf deftly combines labor and business history to examine how a promising partnership between West Virginia and the glass industry failed to improve the state''s political economy. 

State leaders saw glass as a potential cornerstone industry that promised high wages, reinvestment in the local economy, and a complement to the state’s abundance of timber and fossil fuels. Fones-Wolf draws on case studies of three glass production hubs to analyze the impact of industry on local populations and the Belgian- and French-born craftsmen who took jobs in the area. Throughout, Fones-Wolf examines patterns of global industrial restructuring, the ways workers reshaped workplace culture and political action, and employer strategies for responding to global competition, unreliable markets, and growing labor costs at the end of the nineteenth century. 

Incisive and rich in on-the-ground detail, Glass Towns examines an Appalachian pursuit of self-sustaining development.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 272
ISBN-13: 9780252073717
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0252073711
Kategori: US South
Udg. Dato: 20 dec 2006
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato: 20 dec 2006
Forfatter(e): Ken Fones-Wolf
Forfatter(e) Ken Fones-Wolf

Kategori US South

ISBN-13 9780252073717

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 272

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 20 dec 2006

Oplagsdato 20 dec 2006

Forlag University of Illinois Press