Closing : the life and death of an American factory

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Label

Closing : the life and death of an American factory

Title remainder

the life and death of an American factory

Statement of responsibility

Bill Bamberger, Cathy N. Davidson

Title variation

Life and death of an American factory

Creator

• Bamberger, Bill

Contributor

• Duke University, Center for Documentary Studies
• Davidson, Cathy N., 1949-

Subject

• Downsizing of organizations -- United States -- Case studies
• Furniture industry and trade -- United States
• Plant shutdowns -- North Carolina | Mebane
• White Furniture Company
• Case studies

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

"The story of the White Furniture Company - a century-old, family-owned business that was bought out by a huge corporate conglomerate and later closed - puts a human face on the economic realities of the 1990s. Bill Bamberger took his revealing and powerful photographs during the last four months of operation on the factory floor, working side by side with the White employees. Cathy N. Davidson's text focuses on six people who represent every economic level in the American workforce: a CEO, an executive assistant, a middle manager, a supervisor, a skilled artisan, and a manual laborer. All speak the same language of craft, commitment, and community."--Jacket

Member of

• Lyndhurst series on the South

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

338.7/6841/00975658

Index

no index present

LC call number

HD9773.U7

LC item number

W473 1998

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The Lyndhurst series on the South