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Shredding paper : the rise and fall of Maine's mighty paper industry / Michael G. Hillard.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Cornell scholarship onlinePublisher: Ithaca : ILR Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501753176
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 338.4767609741 23
LOC classification:
  • HD9827.M2 H55 2021
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 toward failure. What happened? 'Shredding Paper' unwraps the changing US political economy since 1960, uncovers how the paper industry defined and interacted with labor relations, and peels away the layers of history that encompassed the rise and fall of Maine's mighty paper industry. Michael G. Hillard deconstructs the paper industry's unusual technological and economic histories.
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Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 toward failure. What happened? 'Shredding Paper' unwraps the changing US political economy since 1960, uncovers how the paper industry defined and interacted with labor relations, and peels away the layers of history that encompassed the rise and fall of Maine's mighty paper industry. Michael G. Hillard deconstructs the paper industry's unusual technological and economic histories.

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