03002nam 2200613 a 450 991079003650332120230126204804.01-283-23931-097866132393101-57233-797-4(CKB)2670000000092526(EBL)693133(OCoLC)726734913(SSID)ssj0000526301(PQKBManifestationID)11370778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526301(PQKBWorkID)10520369(PQKB)10917067(MiAaPQ)EBC693133(MdBmJHUP)muse14668(Au-PeEL)EBL693133(CaPaEBR)ebr10471910(CaONFJC)MIL323931(OCoLC)726747134(EXLCZ)99267000000009252620100719d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrU.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia[electronic resource] corporate paternalism in Appalachia /Ronald Garay1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Pressc20111 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57233-730-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 WeSteel industry and tradeWest VirginiaGaryHistory20th centuryCoal mines and miningWest VirginiaGaryHistory20th centuryGary (W. Va.)Social conditionsSteel industry and tradeHistoryCoal mines and miningHistory338.7/669109754/49Garay Ronald1541791MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790036503321U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia3794161UNINA