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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of America, Incorporated
ISBN-100761853456
ISBN-139780761853459
eBay Product ID (ePID)102776212
Product Key Features
Book TitleMill
Number of Pages452 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Social History, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Anthropology / General
Publication Year2010
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, History
AuthorRade B. Vukmir
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal338.7/669142/0973
Table Of ContentPart 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Prologue Part 3 From the Author Part 4 Section I: Prologue Part 5 Section II: North Mill Part 6 Section III: South Mill Part 7 Section IV: General Maintenance Part 8 Section V: Service Part 9 Section VI: The Final Chapter Part 10 References Part 11 Index
SynopsisFor those of you who will never know, since the gargantuan, sprawling mills are gone, the testimonies of these men and women are recorded. This is their story. You would be afraid to walk where they toiled day-to-day their whole lives at the risk of their health, either acutely or chronically, just to get by. Theirs was a world of extremes -- from the North Mill, with its red-hot steel and iron and its oppressive layer of soot, to the South Mill, with its clean-swept floors and gleaming finished products: tinplate, pipe, and I-beams. They knew the contrast also between the blast furnace -- a veritable hell on earth, where the hot iron flowed and the acrid smell of combustibles permeated the air -- and the eerie calm and darkness found working near the river at 3:00 a.m. The Mill -- the Jones & Laughlin Aliquippa Works -- was once the largest integrated steel making plant in the world. The mill itself no longer exists, but go stand on the site by the Ohio River and you will feel the memories and the presence of those who have come before you...I have. In this moving and personal work, Rade Vukmir vividly recreates life in an American steel town. Relying on extensive interviews and his own experience in the industry, Dr. Vukmir offers a retrospective summary of the life and times of a diverse group of steel workers who were the heart and soul of one of America's largest industrial facilities. Here is the story of the hopes and frustrations, the triumphs and the trials of these workers, captured in a way that will be valuable to the academic and the general reader alike., Relying on extensive interviews and his own experience in the industry, Vukmir offers a retrospective summary of the steel mill workers. Here is the story of hopes and frustrations, triumphs and trials of these workers, captured in a way valuable to the academic and the general reader alike., For those of you who will never know, since the gargantuan, sprawling mills are gone, the testimonies of these men and women are recorded. This is their story. You would be afraid to walk where they toiled day-to-day their whole lives at the risk of their health, either acutely or chronically, just to get by. Theirs was a world of extremes - from the North Mill, with its red-hot steel and iron and its oppressive layer of soot, to the South Mill, with its clean-swept floors and gleaming finished products: tinplate, pipe, and I-beams. They knew the contrast also between the blast furnace - a veritable hell on earth, where the hot iron flowed and the acrid smell of combustibles permeated the air - and the eerie calm and darkness found working near the river at 3:00 a.m. The Mill - the Jones & Laughlin Aliquippa Works - was once the largest integrated steel making plant in the world. The mill itself no longer exists, but go stand on the site by the Ohio River and you will feel the memories and the presence of those who have come before you...I have. In this moving and personal work, Rade Vukmir vividly recreates life in an American steel town. Relying on extensive interviews and his own experience in the industry, Dr. Vukmir offers a retrospective summary of the life and times of a diverse group of steel workers who were the heart and soul of one of America's largest industrial facilities. Here is the story of the hopes and frustrations, the triumphs and the trials of these workers, captured in a way that will be valuable to the academic and the general reader alike., For those of you who will never know, since the gargantuan, sprawling mills are gone, the testimonies of these men and women are recorded. This is their story. You would be afraid to walk where they toiled day-to-day their whole lives at the risk of their health, either acutely or chronically, just to get by. Theirs was a world of extremes from the North Mill, with its red-hot steel and iron and its oppressive layer of soot, to the South Mill, with its clean-swept floors and gleaming finished products: tinplate, pipe, and I-beams. They knew the contrast also between the blast furnace a veritable hell on earth, where the hot iron flowed and the acrid smell of combustibles permeated the air and the eerie calm and darkness found working near the river at 3:00 a.m. The Mill the Jones & Laughlin Aliquippa Works was once the largest integrated steel making plant in the world. The mill itself no longer exists, but go stand on the site by the Ohio River and you will feel the memories and the presence of those who have come before you I have. In this moving and personal work, Rade Vukmir vividly recreates life in an American steel town. Relying on extensive interviews and his own experience in the industry, Dr. Vukmir offers a retrospective summary of the life and times of a diverse group of steel workers who were the heart and soul of one of America's largest industrial facilities. Here is the story of the hopes and frustrations, the triumphs and the trials of these workers, captured in a way that will be valuable to the academic and the general reader alike."
