Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 18901930s (Working Class in American History),Used
Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 18901930s (Working Class in American History),Used
Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 18901930s (Working Class in American History),Used

Glass Towns: Industry, Labor, and Political Economy in Appalachia, 18901930s (Working Class in American History),Used

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One of the central questions facing scholars of Appalachia concerns how a region so rich in natural resources could end up a symbol of poverty. Typical culprits include absentee landowners, reactionary coal operators, stubborn mountaineers, and greedy politicians. In a deft combination of labor and business history, Glass Towns complicates these answers by examining the glass industrys potential to improve West Virginias political economy by establishing a base of valueadded manufacturing to complement the states abundance of coal, oil, timber, and natural gas.Through case studies of glass production hubs in Clarksburg, Moundsville, and Fairmont (producing window, tableware, and bottle glass, respectively), Ken FonesWolf looks closely at the impact of industry on local populations and immigrant craftsmen. He also examines patterns of global industrial restructuring, the ways workers reshaped workplace culture and political action, and employer strategies for responding to global competition, unreliable markets, and growing labor costs at the end of the nineteenth century.

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