About the book
Steel and Steelworkers is a fascinating account of the forces that shaped Pittsburgh, big business, and labor through the city's rapid industrialization in the mid-nineteenth century, its lengthy era of industrial \"maturity,\" its precipitous deindustrialization toward the end of the twentieth century, and its reinvention from \"hell with the lid off\" to America's most livable (post-industrial) city. Hinshaw examined a wide variety of company, union, and government documents, oral histories, and newspapers to reconstruct the steel industry and the efforts of labor, business, and government to refashion it. A compelling report of industrialization and deindustrialization, in which questions of organization, power, and politics prove as important as economics, Steel and Steelworkers shows the ways in which big business and labor helped determine the fate of steel and Pittsburgh.
Editions of Steel and Steelworkers
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791452257
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791452264
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791489406
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Steel and Steelworkers is a fascinating account of the forces that shaped Pittsburgh, big business, and labor through the city's rapid industrialization in the mid-nineteenth century, its lengthy era of industrial \"maturity,\" its precipitous deindustrialization toward the end of the twentieth century, and its reinvention from \"hell with the lid off\" to America's most livable (post-industrial) city. Hinshaw examined a wide variety of company, union, and government documents, oral histories, and newspapers to reconstruct the steel industry and the efforts of labor, business, and government to refashion it. A compelling report of industrialization and deindustrialization, in which questions of organization, power, and politics prove as important as economics, Steel and Steelworkers shows the ways in which big business and labor helped determine the fate of steel and Pittsburgh.
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What is Steel and Steelworkers about?
Steel and Steelworkers is a fascinating account of the forces that shaped Pittsburgh, big business, and labor through the city's rapid industrialization in the mid-nineteenth century, its lengthy era of industrial \"maturity,\" its precipitous deindustrialization toward the end of the twentieth century, and its reinvention from \"hell with the lid off\" to America's most livable (post-industrial) city. Hinshaw examined a wide variety of company, union, and government documents, oral histories, and newspapers to reconstruct the steel industry and the efforts of labor, business, and government to refashion it. A compelling report of industrialization and deindustrialization, in which questions of organization, power, and politics prove as important as economics, Steel and Steelworkers shows the ways in which big business and labor helped determine the fate of steel and Pittsburgh.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Steel and Steelworkers?
History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
Where can I read a sample of Steel and Steelworkers?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791452257
How long is Steel and Steelworkers and how many pages does it have?
Steel and Steelworkers has 348 page(s)
Is Steel and Steelworkers part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in American Labor History
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Steel and Steelworkers?
John Hinshaw
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Steel and Steelworkers is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791452257) and paperback(ISBN 9780791452264) and pdf(ISBN 9780791489406)
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