| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : the Detroit of Paper -- A Rags to Riches Story -- The Paradoxes of Paper Mill Employment -- The Fall of Mother Warren -- Madawaska Rebellion -- Cutting Off the Canadians -- Fear and Loathing on the Low and High Roads -- The High Road Cometh -- Memory, Enterprise Consciousness, and Historical Perspective Among Maine's Paperworkers -- Epilogue : Paperworkers' Folk Political Economy versus Neoliberalism |
| Summary |
"From the early twentieth century until the 1960s, Maine was the nation's leading producer of paper, with companies like Great Northern Paper, Oxford Paper and S. D. Warren owning more than half of the state's land, running company towns, and dominating politics throughout the state. But by the 1980s, the workforce was less than a quarter of what it once was. In this book, Michael G. Hillard details what happened to destroy the industry"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 23, 2020) |
| Subject |
Paper industry -- Maine -- History -- 20th century
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Paper industry workers -- Maine -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
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Paper industry workers -- Labor unions -- Maine
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Strikes and lockouts -- Paper industry -- Maine.
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Paper industry
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Paper industry workers -- Labor unions
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Strikes and lockouts -- Paper industry
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Maine
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020012031 |
| ISBN |
9781501753169 |
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1501753169 |
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9781501753176 |
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1501753177 |
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