Banded together : economic democratization in the Brass Valley / Jeremy Brecher.

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Chiefly concerned with 1980s and 1990s.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Working class in American history.
Main Author: Brecher, Jeremy
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011], ©2011.
Series:Working class in American history.
Subjects:
Social action > Connecticut > Naugatuck River Valley.
Deindustrialization > Connecticut > Naugatuck River Valley > History.
Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) > Social conditions.
Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) > Economic conditions.
Brass Workers History Project.
Physical Description:xxiii, 251 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Roots of powerlessness in the Brass Valley
  • Banded together
  • Buyout
  • Organizing
  • Century brass
  • The life and death of Seymour Specialty Wire
  • Founding ValleyCare Cooperative
  • Taking care of business
  • The demise of ValleyCare
  • Brookside Housing Cooperative
  • Economic democratization from below
  • Afterstories.