Shredding Paper : : The Rise and Fall of Maine's Mighty Paper Industry / / Michael G. Hillard.

From the early twentieth century until the 1960s, Maine led the nation in paper production. The state could have earned a reputation as the Detroit of paper production, however, the industry eventually slid towards failure. What happened? Shredding Paper unwraps the changing US political economy sin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 10 b&w halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface “A Cloud of Rocks”
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction THE DETROIT OF PAPER
  • Part 1 THE RISE OF MAINE’S MIGHTY PAPER INDUSTRY
  • Part 2 TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP CHANGE IN MAINE’S MIGHTY PAPER INDUSTRY AND THE RISE OF A NEW MILITANCY, 1960–80
  • Part 3 FINANCIALIZATION, RESISTANCE, AND FOLK POLITICAL ECONOMY
  • Epilogue PAPER WORKERS’ FOLK POLITICAL ECONOMY VERSUS NEOLIBERALISM
  • Notes
  • Index