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

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource Series The working class in American history Working class in American history 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 Summary Annotation <div><p> </p><div>Providing incisive commentary on the historical and contemporary American working class experience,<i>Banded Together: Economic Democratization in the Brass Valley</i>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.</div></div> Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on print version record Subject Brass Workers History Project. SUBJECT Brass Workers History Project fast Subject Social action -- Connecticut -- Naugatuck River Valley Deindustrialization -- Connecticut -- Naugatuck River Valley -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Deindustrialization Economic history Social action Social conditions SUBJECT Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Social conditions Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Economic conditions Subject Connecticut -- Naugatuck River Valley Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019716453 ISBN 9780252093111 0252093119 1283070146 9781283070140 9786613070142 6613070149

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