Picture 1 of 3
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 3
Stock photo
Closing : The Life and Death of an American Factory by Cathy N. Davidson and William L. Bamberger (1998, Hardcover)
S
StellarEngineering&Recycling LLC (9192)
98.4% positive feedback
Price:
$1.25
+ $6.72 shipping
Returns:
30 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
MINT & COOL! A GREAT STORY! The book is in MINT CONDITION and Ready to Read!
- Buy It NowClosing : The Life and Death of an American Factory! MINT & COOL! A GREAT STORY!
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393045684
ISBN-139780393045680
eBay Product ID (ePID)523816
Product Key Features
Book TitleClosing : the Life and Death of an American Factory
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicIndustries / General, Commerce, General, Organizational Development, Industries / Manufacturing
IllustratorYes
GenrePhotography, Business & Economics
AuthorCathy N. Davidson, William L. Bamberger
Book SeriesLyndhurst Series on the South Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight36 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width9.8 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN97-036923
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal338.7/6841/00975658
SynopsisThrough the personal stories of American workers in a small town, this book explores the meaning of work at the end of the 20th century - what it means when you have it and what it means when you don't.
LC Classification NumberHD9773.U7W473 1998
All listings for this product
Ratings and Reviews
Most relevant reviews
- Sep 07, 2019
It's Not a Book about a Factory, and It Should Have Been. Thumbs Down.
I was hoping that this book would have had more information about this furniture factory. Afterall, this author blioviates that in doing research to write this book she realized that there are no books on the history of the furniture industry. Obne must question her research - I do! - because I have two copies of the autobiography of J. Edgar Broyill, "Anvils of Adveristy: Biography of a a Furniture Pioneer" and this book is replete with the history of American made factory furniture. In those days, the '90s, Thomasville was booming, at its peak. That means Thomasville dining tables and Thomasville dressers, both of which have polished tops were almost household names, ala Ethan Allen. It didn't occur to this author, "How do they polish those tops? No hobbyist can get that type of look. How do they get such consistency, one cutting to the next? What is a cutting? What is a suite? Who makes the designs? What are the considerations for design? For finish? What EPA regulations are strangling this industry? Ect., etc., etc. Instead this book is another left wing blather piece of "workers are the heroes, corporations are bad." Is it really that simple and shallow what will fell a manufacturer? Tell that to Harden in upstate NY, both their workforce and their corporate staff were great. You can contrast this book with two more recent books on the plight and tribulations of American factory made furniture, "Furniture Wars: How America Lost a Fifty Billion Dollar Industry," and "Factory Man": How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Saved an American Town." Regarding this nicely packaged hardcover dribble, "Closing," this mess that the author thinks is great literature is what happens when you take a specific story and use it as a launch pad to write about a greater issue. Sio which is it, a book about White Furniture and its people or is it a book meant top preach and wallow in polemics? It ain't about the White factory, sad to say.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
