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Banded together : economic democratization in the Brass Valley / Jeremy Brecher.

Title
Banded together : economic democratization in the Brass Valley / Jeremy Brecher.
Author
Brecher, Jeremy.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

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Details

Description
xxiii, 251 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Chiefly concerned with 1980s and 1990s.
Series Statement
Working class in American history
Uniform Title
  • Project Muse UPCC books
  • Working class in American history
Subject
  • Brass Workers History Project
  • Deindustrialization > Naugatuck River Valley > History
  • Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) > Economic conditions
  • Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) > Social conditions
  • Social action > Naugatuck River Valley
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Roots of powerlessness in the Brass Valley -- Banded together -- Buyout -- Organizing -- Century brass -- The life and death of Seymour Specialty Wire -- Founding ValleyCare Cooperative -- Taking care of business -- The demise of ValleyCare -- Brookside Housing Cooperative -- Economic democratization from below -- Afterstories.
ISBN
  • 9780252036125 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0252036123 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780252078064 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0252078063 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010040244