Banded Together: Economic Democratization in the Brass Valley
Author:   Jeremy Brecher
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
ISBN:  

9780252036125


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jeremy Brecher
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780252036125


ISBN 10:   0252036123
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Prologue ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii 1. Roots of Powerlessness in the Brass Valley 1 2. Banding Together 21 3. Buyout 35 4. Organizing 49 5. Century Brass 67 6. The Life and Death of Seymour Specialty Wire 84 7. Founding ValleyCare Cooperative 111 8. Taking Care of Business 130 9. The Demise of ValleyCare 149 10. Brookside Housing Cooperative 164 11. Economic Democratization from Below 186 12. Afterstories 203 Notes 219 List of Interviews 241 Index 243

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"""Accessible, clear, and engaged, Banded Together will make an impressive addition to the ways historians understand deindustrialization. Brecher's narrative is certain to be seen as a model by a new generation of labor historians, scholars, and scholar-activists."" - Peter Rachleff, author of Hard Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement"


Accessible, clear, and engaged, Banded Together will make an impressive addition to the ways historians understand deindustrialization. Brecher's narrative is certain to be seen as a model by a new generation of labor historians, scholars, and scholar-activists. - Peter Rachleff, author of Hard Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement


Author Information

Jeremy Brecher is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, historian, activist, and writer. His other books include Strike! and Globalization from Below: The Power of Solidarity. He lives in western Connecticut.

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