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1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
pt. I. Encounters -- 1. Introduction: The Other American Culture -- 2. The Valley -- 3. Local Knowledge -- 4. Local History -- pt. II. The Gospel of Work -- 5. The Remingtons of Ilion -- 6. The Remington Success -- 7. The Remington Failure -- pt. III. The Corporate Regime -- 8. Cultural Revolution -- 9. The Gospel of Wealth -- 10. Learning to Expect Hard Times -- 11. Wealth against Commonwealth -- App. 1. Theoretical and Methodological Orientations -- App. 2. Local Historical Sources and Abbreviations. |
Summary |
"Worked Over is about large-scale social change seen at close range, through the lives of generations of working people in a small manufacturing center [comprising the Mohawk River Valley towns of Herkimer, Ilion, Frankfort, and Mohawk] along New York State's old Erie Canal ... [T]he Remington company, maker of arms and typewriters among other things, was for many years the backbone of a thriving regional society. Corporate takeover of the varied Remington enterprises in 1886 ushered in a century of social distress and decreasing political autonomy. Since the 1970s, the area has suffered mightily from deindustrialization."--Back cover. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
E. Remington & Sons -- History.
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E. Remington & Sons. |
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History. |
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Big business -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- Mohawk River Valley.
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Big business -- Social aspects. |
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New York (State) -- Mohawk River Valley. |
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Big business. |
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Social values -- New York (State) -- Mohawk River Valley.
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Social values. |
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Local government -- New York (State) -- Mohawk River Valley.
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Local government. |
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Distributive justice -- New York (State) -- Mohawk River Valley.
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Distributive justice. |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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ISBN |
9781501711206 (electronic book) |
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1501711202 (electronic book) |
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0801440920 |
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9780801440922 |
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0801488613 |
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9780801488610 |
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