U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia : corporate paternalism in Appalachia /

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The company owned the houses. It owned the stores. It provided medical and governmental services. It provided practically all the jobs. Gary, West Virginia, a coal mining town in the southern part of the state, was a creation of U.S. Steel. And while the workers were not formally bound to the compan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garay, Ronald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1900-1999
Steel industry and trade > West Virginia > Gary > History > 20th century.
Coal mines and mining > West Virginia > Gary > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
HISTORY > General.
Coal mines and mining.
Social conditions.
Steel industry and trade.
Gary (W. Va.) > Social conditions.
West Virginia > Gary.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins and settlement
  • Iron and steelmaking science and manufacturing
  • Pocahontas coalfield and the N & W
  • Gary at the beginning
  • Labor issues and labor organization
  • Coal power and town life
  • Steel industry in decline
  • An era begins to close
  • The signs are all around
  • Tough but hopeful times
  • U.S. Steel, marathon oil, and depression
  • A bleak year
  • U.S. Steel and asset redeployment
  • The new U.S. Steel
  • Muted optimism
  • Disengagement
  • Prosperity and uncertainty.

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