| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 645 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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History of American science and technology series |
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History of American science and technology series.
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Inheritance -- 2. James W. Sloss and the Birth of Birmingham -- 3. Sloss Furnace Company -- 4. Joseph Bryan and the Virginia Connection -- 5. Takeover, Expansion, and Recession -- 6. Sea of Troubles -- 7. Turmoil and Tenacity -- 8. Brown Ore, Basic Steel, and the Emergence of Sloss-Sheffield -- 9. Turning Point -- 10. Progress and Paradox -- 11. Divergent Paths -- 12. End of an Era -- 13. McQueen in Command -- 14. Morrow and Modernization -- 15. From Hugh Morrow to Jim Walter -- 16. Preserving the Heritage -- 17. In Retrospect: The Southernness of Sloss |
| Summary |
Sloss Furnaces and the Rise of the Birmingham District contradicts earlier interpretations of southern industrialization by showing that Birmingham, which became a leading symbol of the New South, was in fact deeply rooted in the antebellum plantation system and its "peculiar institution," slavery. As Lewis demonstrates, southern businessmen pursued their own indigenous model of economic growth and were selective in how they imported capital, machinery, and technical expertise from outside the region. The racial crises that erupted in Birmingham during the 1960s can be traced, in part, to labor-intensive developmental strategies that were present from the birth of a city that might have become a bastion of industrial slavery if the South had won the Civil War |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-610) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Sloss Furnace Company -- History
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Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark -- History
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Sloss Furnace Company fast |
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Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark fast |
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Sloss Furnace Company gnd |
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Iron industry and trade -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History
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Iron foundries -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History
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Iron founding -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History
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Iron -- Metallurgy.
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Industries -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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Economic history
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Industries
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Iron founding
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Iron foundries
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Iron industry and trade
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Iron -- Metallurgy
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Social conditions
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Geschichte
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Eisengießerei
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Eisen- und Stahlindustrie
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Eisengie€erei.
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Birmingham (Ala.) -- Economic conditions
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Birmingham (Ala.) -- Social conditions
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Alabama -- Birmingham
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Birmingham, Ala.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817385613 |
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0817385614 |
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0817356681 |
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9780817356682 |
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0817307087 |
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9780817307080 |
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