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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brecher, Jeremy.

Series:

Working class in American history.

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social action--Connecticut--Naugatuck River Valley.

Social action.

Deindustrialization--Connecticut--Naugatuck River Valley--History.

Deindustrialization.

Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.)--Social conditions.

Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.).

Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.)--Economic conditions.

Brass Workers History Project.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Providing incisive commentary on the historical and contemporary American working class experience, Banded Together: Economic Democratization in the Brass Valley documents a community's efforts to rebuild and revitalize itself in the aftermath of deindustrialization. Through powerful oral histories and other primary sources, Jeremy Brecher tells the story of a group of average Americans--factory workers, housewives, parishioners, and organizers--who tried to create a democratic alternative to the economic powerlessness caused by the closing of factories in the Connecticut Naugatuck Valley region during the 1970s and 1980s. This volume focuses on grassroots organization, democratically controlled enterprises, and supportive public policies, providing examples from the Naugatuck Valley Project community-alliance that remain relevant to the economic problems of today and tomorrow. Drawing on more than a hundred interviews with Project leaders, staff, and other knowledgeable members of the local community, Brecher illustrates how the Naugatuck Valley Project served as a vehicle for community members to establish greater control over their economic lives.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613070142

9781283070140

1283070146

9780252093111

0252093119

OCLC:

741558446