Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xxiii, 251 p.; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. The working class in American history

Uniform title

1. Working class in American history.

Subject

1. Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) > Social conditions
2. Social action > Connecticut > Naugatuck River Valley
3. Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) > Economic conditions
4. Brass Workers History Project
5. Deindustrialization > Connecticut > Naugatuck River Valley > History

Contents

1. Roots of powerlessness in the Brass Valley -- Banded together -- Buyout -- Organizing -- Century brass -- The life and death of Seymour Specialty Wire -- Founding ValleyCare Cooperative -- Taking care of business -- The demise of ValleyCare -- Brookside Housing Cooperative -- Economic democratization from below -- Afterstories.

Call number

1. IQM (Naugatuck River Valley) 12-1701

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Brecher, Jeremy.

Title

1. Banded together : economic democratization in the Brass Valley / Jeremy Brecher.

Imprint

1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

Series

1. The working class in American history
2. Working class in American history.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2010040244

ISBN

1. 9780252036125 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2. 0252036123 (hardcover : alk. paper)
3. 9780252078064 (pbk. : alk. paper)
4. 0252078063 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. IQM (Naugatuck River Valley) 12-1701