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PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Press

ISBN-100822953986

ISBN-139780822953982

eBay Product ID (ePID)552468

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Number of Pages736 Pages

Publication NameAnd the Wolf Finally Came : the Decline and Fall of the American Steel Industry

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1988

SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Labor

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History

AuthorJohn Hoerr

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight35.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN87-024932

Reviews"Hoerr's exhaustive study of the decline of the steel industry, particularly in the Monongahela Valley, is essential reading." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "A fascinating account of USX's turnabout, during the '70s and '80s, from the union's staunchest ally to its most intransigent foe, and the steelworkers' struggle to redefine their place in a divided industry." -New York Times Book Review, "A fascinating account of USX's turnabout, during the '70s and '80s, from the union's staunchest ally to its most intransigent foe, and the steelworkers' struggle to redefine their place in a divided industry." --New York Times Book Review, "Hoerr's exhaustive study of the decline of the steel industry, particularly in the Monongahela Valley, is essential reading." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "An enormous labor of love, John Hoerr's book comprehensively chronicles a national tragedy." --The Nation, "An enormous labor of love, John Hoerr's book comprehensively chronicles a national tragedy." -The Nation, "An enormous labor of love, John Hoerr's book comprehensively chronicles a national tragedy." --The Nation, "A fascinating account of USX's turnabout, during the '70s and '80s, from the union's staunchest ally to its most intransigent foe, and the steelworkers' struggle to redefine their place in a divided industry." --New York Times Book Review

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SynopsisA veteran reporter on American labor, John P. Hoerr analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s.And the Wolf Finally Camedemonstrates how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to a rapidly changing global economy., * Choice 1988 Outstanding Academic Book * Named one of the Best Business Books of 1988 by USA Today A veteran reporter of American labor analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. John Hoerr's account of these events stretches from the industrywide barganing failures of 1982 to the crippling work stoppage at USX (U.S. Steel) in 1986-87. He interviewed scores of steelworkers, company managers at all levels, and union officials, and was present at many of the crucial events he describes. Using historical flashbacks to the origins of the steel industry, particularly in the Monongahela Valley of southwestern Pennsylvania, he shows how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to shattering changes in the global economy., A veteran reporter on American labor, John P. Hoerr analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. And the Wolf Finally Came demonstrates how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to a rapidly changing global economy., - Choice 1988 Outstanding Academic Book - Named one of the Best Business Books of 1988 by USA Today A veteran reporter of American labor analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. John Hoerr's account of these events stretches from the industrywide barganing failures of 1982 to the crippling work stoppage at USX (U.S. Steel) in 1986-87. He interviewed scores of steelworkers, company managers at all levels, and union officials, and was present at many of the crucial events he describes. Using historical flashbacks to the origins of the steel industry, particularly in the Monongahela Valley of southwestern Pennsylvania, he shows how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to shattering changes in the global economy., - Choice 1988 Outstanding Academic Book - Named one of the Best Business Books of 1988 by USA Today A veteran reporter of American labor analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. John Hoerr\u2019s account of these events stretches from the industrywide barganing failures of 1982 to the crippling work stoppage at USX (U.S. Steel) in 1986-87. He interviewed scores of steelworkers, company managers at all levels, and union officials, and was present at many of the crucial events he describes. Using historical flashbacks to the origins of the steel industry, particularly in the Monongahela Valley of southwestern Pennsylvania, he shows how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to shattering changes in the global economy.

LC Classification NumberHD9517.M85H64 1988