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Author Weinbaum, Eve S.

Title To move a mountain : fighting the global economy in Appalachia / Eve S. Weinbaum.

Imprint New York : New Press, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  338.7109768 W43t 2004    ---  Available
Description 340 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-322) and index.
Contents The organizing moment -- Selling poverty : the politics of economic development in the South -- You can't fight city hall : the closing of Greenbrier Industries -- Resisting the great sucking sound : Acme boot workers take on a runaway company -- Seeds of a social movement : General Electric and CATS -- Local democracy in global economy.
Subject Plant shutdowns -- Appalachian Region -- Case studies.
Globalization -- Social aspects -- Appalachian Region -- Case studies.
Appalachian Region -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
Social movements -- Appalachian Region -- Case studies.
ISBN 1565847849 (hc.)

 
    
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