9780853459101 - Goodyear Invades the Backcountry: the Corporate Takeover of a Rural Town by Palmer, Bryan D (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Excellent condition. Book.

paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 153+ pp. Book/dust jacket condition: Fine/na (paperback). 1st Ed., 1st Printing/First Edition, First Printing. All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.

paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. New York. 1994. Monthly Review Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 085345910x. 180 pages. paperback. Cover design by Goodness Graphics. keywords: Politics Business America Rural Takeover. DESCRIPTION - What happens when a 'runaway shop' runs away? The abandoned area suffers economic collapse, unemployment, and social decay - but what about the place the company moves to? Bryan D. Palmer, a leading social historian, chronicles the Goodyear Corporation's building of the 'world's most modern tire plant' in Napanee, a backcountry town in Ontario desperate for jobs. He explores the human dimensions of plant relocation as Napanee's leaders are bought off by the giant rubber company's sordid business practices, and the town's cultural life is reduced to corporate boosterism. Leaving behind a unionized workforce of 1,500 in its old plant in Toronto, Goodyear set up shop in rural Napanee with a nonunion workforce of only 550. Along the way, the company entered into secret negotiations with town officials to keep land costs low. It wangled $95 million in government subsidies. It drilled its new employees into disciplined industrial 'teams.' And it enlisted the high-school principal into holding Goodyear pep rallies and adapting the curricula to meet the company's needs. Palmer's lively narrative, illustrated with photos of the transformation of Napanee, cuts through the myth of 'partnership' to uncover the real costs of corporate penetration of a rural town. inventory #35770.

No Binding. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Goodyear Invades the Backcountry: The Corporate Takeover of a Rural Town, Palmer, Monthly Review Press, 1994, 180p, trade pb, covers bumped/scuffed/creases, pencil underlining, solid binding + THE FIRESTONE STORY, A HISTORY OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, Lief, Whittlesey House, 1951, 437p, xlib, rebound hc, no dj, bumped/scuffed boards, clean/tanning text, tight binding--7.00.