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Alexander, Brian, 1959-
Subjects
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation -- History.
Glass trade -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Glass manufacture -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Tableware industry -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Deindustrialization -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
City dwellers -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
Small cities -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
Distribution (Economic theory)
Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Lancaster (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Lancaster (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- History.
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Alexander, Brian, 1959-
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation -- History.
Glass trade -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Glass manufacture -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Tableware industry -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Deindustrialization -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
City dwellers -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
Small cities -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
Distribution (Economic theory)
Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Lancaster (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Lancaster (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- History.
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Glass house : the 1% economy and the shattering of the all-American town /
Brian
Alexander
.
by
Alexander
,
Brian
,
1959-
St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Call #:
330.9771 A374g
Subjects
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation -- History.
Glass trade -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Glass manufacture -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Tableware industry -- Ohio -- Lancaster -- History.
Deindustrialization -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
City dwellers -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
Small cities -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Lancaster.
Distribution (Economic theory)
Middle class -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Lancaster (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Lancaster (Ohio) -- Social life and customs -- History.
ISBN:
9781250085801 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xiv, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-312) and index.
Contents:
Preface : the cop -- Map of Lancaster -- Introduction : the CEO -- Glass house : December 2014 -- The all-American town : 1947-1982 -- Triggering events : July 1987 -- Newellization : March 2004 -- Hook, line, and sinker : April 2007 -- The cheese, the CEO, and Lancaster's year : January 2015 -- The shutdown : February 2015 -- The bankruptcy : March 2015 -- Pump it and dump it : April 2015 -- Turn it around, or turn it up? : May 2015 -- Hope for a forever home : June 2015 -- Putting the baby back together : July 2015 -- Maximum value : August 2015 -- Falling out : October 2015 -- The future in play : January 2016.
Summary:
"In 1947 Forbes magazine declared Lancaster, Ohio, the epitome of the all-American town. Today it is damaged, discouraged, and fighting for its future. Journalist
Brian
Alexander
uses the story of one town to show how seeds sown thirty-five years ago have sprouted to give us Trumpism, inequality, and an eroding national cohesion. The Anchor Hocking Glass Company, once the world's largest maker of glass tableware, was the base on which Lancaster's society was built.
Alexander
shows how financial engineering took hold in the 1980s, accelerated in the twenty-first century, and wrecked the company. Meanwhile,
Alexander
follows the lives of residents as they wrestle with heroin, politics, high-interest lenders, low-wage jobs, technology, and the new demands of American life"--Provided by publisher.
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