Smokestacks in the hills : rural-industrial workers in West Virginia /

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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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A rural place and a rural people
  • Building factories in the country
  • Rise of the rural-industrial workers
  • Prosperous, independent rural-industrial workers
  • Work and identity in the factory and at home
  • Movements for equality in a time of industrial restructuring
  • Conclusion : Country people and capital mobility.

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