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U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia [electronic resource] : corporate paternalism in Appalachia / Ronald Garay.

By: Garay, Ronald.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2011Description: xxii, 265p. : maps.Other title: US Steel and Gary, West Virginia.Subject(s): Steel industry and trade -- West Virginia -- Gary -- History -- 20th century | Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Gary -- History -- 20th century | Gary (W. Va.) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.7/669109754/49 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.