Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Mighty Paper Industry
Author:   Michael G. Hillard
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9781501785061


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 October 2025
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Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine's Mighty Paper Industry


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Author:   Michael G. Hillard
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   ILR Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781501785061


ISBN 10:   1501785060
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   15 October 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Far from a dry study of the industry, Hillard's highly readable and engaging book features 150 interviews with the workers and mill managers themselves about what happened. Shredding Paper is highly recommended for anyone seeking an understanding of how Wall Street greed ravaged an industry that once made Maine the ""Detroit of paper"" and how workers organized and fought back. * Maine AF-CIO * Riveting writing. * ILR Review * Shredding Paper offers a page-turning... analysis of a commodity at the center of supply, demand, and the ever-shifting quest to balance prosperity and dignified work. * The London School of Economics and Political Science *


""Far from a dry study of the industry, Hillard's highly readable and engaging book features 150 interviews with the workers and mill managers themselves about what happened. Shredding Paper is highly recommended for anyone seeking an understanding of how Wall Street greed ravaged an industry that once made Maine the ""Detroit of paper"" and how workers organized and fought back."" - Maine AFL-CIO ""Riveting writing."" - ILR Review £Shredding Paper offers a page-turning... analysis of a commodity at the center of supply, demand, and the ever-shifting quest to balance prosperity and dignified work."" - The London School of Economics and Political Science


Far from a dry study of the industry, Hillard's highly readable and engaging book features 150 interviews with the workers and mill managers themselves about what happened. Shredding Paper is highly recommended for anyone seeking an understanding of how Wall Street greed ravaged an industry that once made Maine the ""Detroit of paper"" and how workers organized and fought back. (Maine AF-CIO) Riveting writing. (ILR Review) Shredding Paper offers a page-turning... analysis of a commodity at the center of supply, demand, and the ever-shifting quest to balance prosperity and dignified work. (The London School of Economics and Political Science)


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Michael G. Hillard is Professor of Economics at the University of Southern Maine.

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