Garay, Ronald.

U.S. Steel and Gary, West Virginia corporate paternalism in Appalachia / [electronic resource] : US Steel and Gary, West Virginia Ronald Garay. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2011. - xxii, 265p. : maps.

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.


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Steel industry and trade--History--West Virginia--Gary--20th century.
Coal mines and mining--History--West Virginia--Gary--20th century.


Gary (W. Va.)--Social conditions.


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