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UNINA9910790036503321 |
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Autore |
Garay Ronald |
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Titolo |
U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia [[electronic resource] ] : corporate paternalism in Appalachia / / Ronald Garay |
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Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2011 |
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1-283-23931-0 |
9786613239310 |
1-57233-797-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Steel industry and trade - West Virginia - Gary - History - 20th century |
Coal mines and mining - West Virginia - Gary - History - 20th century |
Gary (W. Va.) Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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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 We |
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UNISA996211147403316 |
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Modern language studies |
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Brockport, N.Y. : , : Northeast Modern Language Association, , 1971- |
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Philology, Modern |
Filologie |
Moderne talen |
Periodicals. |
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Place of publication varies. |
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