Smokestacks in the hills : rural-industrial workers in West Virginia / Lou Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Lou, author.

Series:

Working class in American history.

Working Class in American History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrialization--West Virginia.

Industrialization.

Rural industries--West Virginia.

Rural industries.

Rural development--West Virginia.

Rural development.

Working class--West Virginia.

Working class.

Factories--West Virginia.

Factories.

West Virginia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long considered an urban phenomenon, industrialization also transformed the American countryside. Lou Martin weaves the narrative of how the relocation of steel and pottery factories to Hancock County, West Virginia, created a rural and small-town working class - and what that meant for communities and for labor. The result is an illuminating consideration of capital mobility, the ways in which changing work experiences defined gender roles, and the erroneous but persistent myth that modernizing forces bulldozed docile local cultures.

Contents:

A rural place and a rural people

Building factories in the country

Rise of the rural-industrial workers

Prosperous, independent rural-industrial workers

Work and identity in the factory and at home

Movements for equality in a time of industrial restructuring

Conclusion: Country people and capital mobility.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252097560

0252097564

OCLC:

923821410