Closing – The Life & Death of an American Factory: The Life and Death of an American Factory: 0 (The Lyndhurst Series on the South) - Hardcover

Bamberger, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393045684 ISBN 13: 9780393045680

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998

Synopsis

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 Davidson's text focuses on six people who represent every economic level in the American workforce: CEO, executive assistant, middle manager, supervisor, skilled artisan, and manual laborer. All speak the same language of craft, commitment, and community.

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Review:

Here is a stupendous book, a complete answer to any who believe that all that counts in a company is its bottom line, and that the only people with a stake in it are its shareholders. -- The Economist

[Closing] evokes the demise of a US that once had an esteemed manufacturing industry. -- Financial Times

From the Publisher:

A DoubleTake Book

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393045684
• ISBN 13: 9780393045680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224