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From Tank Town to High Tech : The Clash of Community and Industrial Cycles SUNY Series in the Anthropology of Work
author
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Nash, June C.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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088706938X
print isbn13
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9780887069383
ebook isbn13
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9780585067728
language
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English
subject
Working class--Massachusetts--Pittsfield--History--20th century, Pittsfield (Mass.)--Economic conditions, Pittsfield (Mass.)--Social conditions, General Electric Company--History--20th century.
publication date
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1989
lcc
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HD8085.P653N37 1989eb
ddc
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330.9744/1
subject
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Working class--Massachusetts--Pittsfield--History--20th century, Pittsfield (Mass.)--Economic conditions, Pittsfield (Mass.)--Social conditions, General Electric Company--History--20th century.
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SUNY Series in the Anthropology of Work June C. Nash, Editor
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From Tank Town To High Tech
The Clash of Community and Industrial Cycles
JUNE C. NASH
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1989 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nash, June C., 1927 From tank town to high tech : the clash of community and industrial cycles June C. Nash
p. cm. (SUNY series in the anthropology of work) Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-88706-938-X. ISBN 0-88706-939-8 (pbk.) 1. Labor and laboring classes Massachusetts Pittsfield History 20th century 2. Pittsfield (Mass.) Economic conditions. 3. Pittsfield (Mass.) Social conditions. 4. General Electric Company History 20th century. I. Title. II. Series. HD8085.P653N37 1989 330.9744'1 dc1988-15378 CIP
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Contents
List of Tables
vii
Acknowledgements
ix
Preface
1
Chapter 1 Community and Corporate Hegemony
7
Chapter 2 Industrialization and Urban Growth
29
Chapter 3 General Electric Company and the Incorporation of American Society
51
Chapter 4 Forging Corporate Hegemony
93
Chapter 5 The Organization of Work
123
Chapter 6 Competitive Firms
165
Chapter 7 Buying and Selling in Pittsfield
197
Chapter 8 At Home with the Military-Industrial Complex
229
Chapter 9 Family and Community in Pittsfield
263
Chapter 10 Government Mediation and the Survival of Community
297
Chapter 11 The Restructuring of American Industry and the Threat to Community and Family
315
Notes
339
References Cited
343
Index
351
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List of Tables
Table 2-1
Mechanical and Motive Power in Use in Pittsfield, 18851985
Table 3-1
Growth in General Electric by Number of Shareholders, Employees and Manufacturing Facilities
Table 3-2
Growth of the Electrical Machinery Industry in Pittsfield
Table 6-1
Hourly Workers, Employment by Age and Sex in Sheaffer Eaton 19771982
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