Steeples and Stacks: Religion and Steel Crisis in Youngstown, Ohio - Couverture souple

Fuechtmann, Thomas G.

 
9780521101264: Steeples and Stacks: Religion and Steel Crisis in Youngstown, Ohio
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521101263 ISBN 13 : 9780521101264
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The author focuses on the pivotal role of religious leaders that distinguished the Youngstown case from so many other plant closings across the nation.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Steeples and Stacks is a study of the religion-based community group that formed in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1977 in response to the proposed shutdown of a portion of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube's steelworks. The closing was one of the most dramatic of the plant closings that have come to symbolise American deindustrialisation. Church leaders and steelworkers joined together in Youngstown to form a powerful ecumenical political coalition, establishing links with Washington lobbyists and proposing eventually to buy the plant and run it as a community industry. Though the proposal ultimately failed, the story of the coalition provides an illuminating view of the growing interaction between religious and public affairs in American life. The book also provides an original analysis of the dynamics of intergovernmental, corporate and community relations at the local level. The author, who became involved in the coalition as a participant-observer, focuses on the pivotal role of religious leaders that distinguished the Youngstown case from so many other plant closings across the nation.

Revue de presse

"Fuechtmann's book is a well-researched and very useful case study of an unusual response to what has become, more and more, a common problem in the industrial United States." Paul F. Clark, The Journal of American History

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521101263
ISBN 13 
9780521101264
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
320
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521334815: Steeples and Stacks: Religion and Steel Crisis in Youngstown, Ohio

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521334810 ISBN 13 :  9780521334815
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1989
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