About this title: A veteran reporter on American labor, John P. Hoerr analyzes the spectacular and tragic collapse of the steel industry in the 1980s. "And the Wolf Finally Came" demonstrates how an obsolete and adversarial relationship between management and labor made it impossible for the industry to adapt to a rapidly changing global economy.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780822953982ISBN:0822953986
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xiv, 689 pp. Light rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13:9780822953982ISBN:0822953986
Description: Very Good. 0822953986 Paperback contents near fine crisp and clean, cover edges slightly worn else very good+, spine uncreased, no marks! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780822953982ISBN:0822953986
Description: Near Fine. Fourth printing, 1989. Softcover 8vo, 690pp. With several halftone plates illustrating text. Near fine with general shelfwear 8vo. read more
Description: Good. 0822953986 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780822953982ISBN:0822953986
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 690 p. Contains: Illustrations. Pittsburgh Series in Social and Labor History. Audience: General/trade. Brand new. Will ship immediately. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: 1988-07-06
ISBN-13:9780822953982ISBN:0822953986
Description: New. New Book. The book shows time wear. Otherwise new condition. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt)
Date Published: 1988-07
ISBN-13:9780822935728ISBN:0822935724
Description: Very Good. Ex library copy with usual stickers and stamps. Otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Cover shows normal shelfwear. FAST Shipping. ISBN 0822935724. read more
"Parts of this book were good - the author grew up in Post-World War II Mon Valley, and describes life and culture in the Unionized steel towns vividly and with an obvious affection. Further, it provided the best narrative of the decline of the US steel industry in the 1970's and 80's I've found - but that's a qualified statement. The book puts the Union/Management negotiations under the microscope, analyzing every detail, every personality quirk with the obsessive detail of a sports-news reporter filling up that hour and half before the game starts. This obsessive detail comes at the great omission of the larger economic forces causing deindustrialization in the global north, both economic and political. Further, the author condescendingly marginalizes and writes off the non-union social movements that happened in and around Pittsburgh as tens of thousands of Union jobs were lost; instead, he seems to imply, all those jobs would have been saved were it not for the 1959 Steel Strike and the 1986 lockout - if only labor and management had worked together, he seems to say, if only, then the Mon Valley would be buzzing still.
Again, a good narrative and interesting account of the death of the Mon Valley, told without a larger perspective that would answer the larger question, "why?""
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