Making Steel: Sparrows Point and the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial MightUniversity of Illinois Press, 2004 - 533 sidor Making Steel chronicles the rise and fall of American steel by focusing on the fateful decisions made at the world's once largest steel mill at Sparrows Point, Maryland. Mark Reutter examines the business, production, and daily lives of workers as corporate leaders became more interested in their own security and enrichment than in employees, community, or innovative technology. This edition features 26 pages of photos, an author's preface, and a new chapter on the devastating effects of Bethlehem Steel's bankruptcy titled "The Discarded American Worker." |
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Creating the Works | 34 |
Designing the Town | 55 |
Tin Cans and Takeovers | 155 |
Charlie and His Workmen | 170 |
The Coming of the | 244 |
Brave New World | 322 |
Union Business | 342 |
Acknowledgments | 463 |
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Making Steel: Sparrows Point and the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might Mark Reutter Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2004 |
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