U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia - Image 1

£50.95

Univ Tennessee Press U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia

Name: U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia
Brand: Univ Tennessee Press
Price: 50.95 GBP
Availability: InStock

Business & Economic History

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£51 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 24 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 618 days • 618 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 618 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £51 (618 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £51 - £51

Price levels: 1 different prices over 618 days

Description

This book is well written and meticulously documented; it will add significantly to the available literature on West Virginia's industrial and community history. It should find a receptive audience among college and post- graduate scholars of industrial and labor history, West Virginia history, and Appalachian studies. - John Lilly, editor, Goldenseal 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 company, their fortunes- like that of their community- were inextricably tied to the success of U.S. Steel. Gary developed in the early twentieth century as U.S. Steel sought a new supply of raw material for its industrial operations. The rich Pocahontas coal field in remote southern West Virginia provided the carbon-rich, low-sulfur coal the company required. To house the thousands of workers it would import to mine that coal bed, U.S. Steel carved a town out of the mountain wilderness. The company was the sole reason for its existence. In this fascinating book, Ronald Garay tells the story of how industry-altering decisions made by U.S. Steel executives reverberated in the hollows of Appalachia. From the area's industrial revolution in the early twentieth century to the peak of steel-making activity in the 1940s to the industry's decline in the 1970s, U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia offers an illuminating example of how coal and steel paternalism shaped the eastern mountain region and the limited ways communities and their economies evolve. In telling the story of Gary, this volume freshly illuminates the stories of other mining towns throughout Appalachia. At once a work of passionate journalism and a cogent analysis of economic development in Appalachia, this work is a significant contribution to the scholarship on U.S. business history, labor history, and Appalachian studies. Ronald Garay, a professor emeritus of mass communication at Louisiana State University, is the author of Gordon McLendon: The Maverick of Radio and The Manship School: A History of Journalism Education at LSU. About the Author Ronald Garay, a professor emeritus of mass communication at Louisiana State University, is the author of Gordon McLendon: The Maverick of Radio and The Manship School: A History of Journalism Education at LSU.

Product Specifications

Brand: Univ Tennessee Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 1572337303
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Biographies & Histories > Business & Economic History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 February 2011
Listed Since: 16 August 2010

Barcode

No barcode data available

Univ Tennessee Press U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia: Corporate Paternalism in Appalachia

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

The 2009 World Forecasts of Irregular Coils of Hot-Rolled Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Bars and Rods Consisting of At Least .6% Carbon by Weight Export Supplies

Business-Government Relations in Prewar Japan (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)

The Industrialist and the Mountaineer: The Eastham-Thompson Fued and the Struggle for West Virginia's Timber Frontier (West Virginia & Appalachia Series)

Safety and Human Resource Law for the Safety Professional (Occupational Safety & Health Guide Series)

The 2009 World Forecasts of Irregular Coils of Hot-Rolled Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Bars and Rods Consisting of Less Than .6% Carbon by Weight Export Supplies

Industrial Heritage and Regional Identities (Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series)

A Chinese Economic Revolution: Rural Entrepreneurship in the Twentieth Century (State & Society in East Asia)

An Appalachian Reawakening: West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972 (West Virginia & Appalachia Series)

The International Steel Industry: Restructuring, State Policies and Localities (Routledge Library Editions: Modern World Economy)

Industrial Heritage and Regional Identities (Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series)

A Century of American Steel: The Strip Mill and the Transformation of an Industry

Global Economic Crisis and Local Economic Development: International cases and policy responses (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)

The Palgrave Handbook of Workers’ Participation at Plant Level

Ferroalloys: Theory and Practice (Topics in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering)

China's Industrial Development In The 21st Century: 27 (Series on Contemporary China)

The 2009 Import and Export Market for Irregular Coils of Hot-Rolled Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Bars and Rods Consisting of At Least .6% Carbon by Weight in Asia

Data-Driven Prediction for Industrial Processes and Their Applications (Information Fusion and Data Science)

The Politics of Richard Wright: Perspectives on Resistance

Feldman: Iron & Steel In The German Inflation (Princeton Legacy Library)

Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2018 (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series)

The 2007 Import and Export Market for Iron and Non-Alloy Steel Flat-Rolled Products Plated or Coated with Aluminum and At Least 600 mm Wide in United States

Restructuring Regional and Local Economies: Towards a Comparative Study of Scotland and Upper Silesia (Routledge Revivals)