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Long considered an urban phenomenon, industrialization also transformed the American countryside. Lou Martin weaves the narrative of how the relocation of steel and pottery factories to Hancock County, West Virginia, created a rural and small-town working class - and what that meant for communities...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, Lou (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana, IL : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Colección:Working class in American history.
Temas:
Industrialization > West Virginia.
Rural industries > West Virginia.
Rural development > West Virginia.
Working class > West Virginia.
Factories > West Virginia.
Industrialisation > Virginie-Occidentale.
Industrie rurale > Virginie-Occidentale.
Développement rural > Virginie-Occidentale.
Travailleurs > Virginie-Occidentale.
Usines > Virginie-Occidentale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Factories
Industrialization
Rural development
Rural industries
Working class
West Virginia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Long considered an urban phenomenon, industrialization also transformed the American countryside. Lou Martin weaves the narrative of how the relocation of steel and pottery factories to Hancock County, West Virginia, created a rural and small-town working class - and what that meant for communities and for labor. The result is an illuminating consideration of capital mobility, the ways in which changing work experiences defined gender roles, and the erroneous but persistent myth that modernizing forces bulldozed docile local cultures.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-231) and index.
ISBN:9780252097560
0252097564

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