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Absentee owners. Single-minded concern for the bottom line. Friction between workers and management. Hostile takeovers at the hands of avaricious and unaccountable multinational interests. The story of America's industrial decline is all too familiar--and yet, somehow, still hard to fathom. Jam...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sayen, Jamie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hanover : University Press of New England, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Unemployed.
Plant shutdowns.
Paper mills.
Paper industry.
Labor.
Economic history.
Unemployed > New Hampshire > Groveton > Case studies.
Plant shutdowns > New Hampshire > Groveton > Case studies.
Labor > New Hampshire > Groveton > Case studies.
Paper mills > New Hampshire > Groveton > Case studies.
Paper industry > New Hampshire > Groveton > Case studies.
New Hampshire > Groveton.
Groveton (N.H.) > Economic conditions.
Études de cas.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: builders and destroyers
  • The life of the town
  • Feeding the mill
  • Making paper
  • Prosperous plant
  • Ratville, NH
  • Three generations of Wemysses
  • Crown prince
  • The perfect balance
  • The dark side
  • A fateful decision
  • End of an era
  • The worst years
  • The best years
  • A battle we couldn't win
  • Controllables and uncontrollables
  • F this
  • Epilogue: they ruined this town
  • Postscript: the day when corporate America doesn't run us.

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