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In the Wake of the Giant

Multinational Restructuring and Uneven Development in a New England Community

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Contrasting "native" and "outsider" points of view, this book explores the contemporary realities of work, development and redevelopment in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a New England community undergoing rapid industrial restructuring.Based on anthropological fieldwork in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, In the Wake of the Giant has implications for towns and cities across the country and internationally. It traces the history of the Pittsfield region, the U.S. economy, and the tidal wave of multinational corporate restructurings. Comparing communities undergoing restructuring to newly independent states, Kirsch shows how these communities confront for the first time the challenge of directing their own present and future. The turmoil that develops as a result of these changes, and the means by which individuals, kin-groups and community voluntary organizations react and adapt are central themes of the book.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-07-16
Mått150 x 228 x 11 mm
Vikt227 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in the Anthropology of Work
Antal sidor146
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791438282

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List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Problems and Issues 1. The Chosen Community The Community and its Setting2. Community and Context The Growth of the American City3. Restructuring, Megaindustrialization, and the Expansion of the Service Sector Megaindustrialization and Merger MovementsConstructing Consensus in Late CapitalismPart II A New England Community in Crisis 4. The Region and Industry in History Early Industrialization and New England Social StructureRelations of Work and UnemploymentThe Region after World War IITrade Union ErosionNotes on the Service Sector5. The Pittsfield Community Early Industry in PittsfieldGeneral Electric and the Growth of a Company TownIndustrial Decline and the Issue of DevelopmentCommunity Effects of Economic RestructuringVoluntary Associations, Community Organization, and Corporate MoralityThe Corporation and the Community6. Development Strategies Defining DevelopmentDevelopment AgenciesDevelopment PerspectivesThe Production of ChaosDevelopment and Ideologies of Economic GrowthNative versus Nonnative Views of DevelopmentUneven Development and Relations of DependencyThe General Electric DonationBypasses and Parking LotsMall WarsIdeology and Community Crisis7. Uneven Development and Community Response Platics Firms and Uneven DevelopmentKinship, Friendship, and the Entrepreneurial SpiritFirm Ownership and Relations of WorkGeneral Electric PlasticsDevelopment Efforts and the Plastics IndustryCorporate and Community Ideology in the Development of Industry8. Economic Development and Social Responsibility: A Case Study The Health Crisis in PittsfieldThe Cost Accounting ApproachCommunity Response and Corporate ResponsibilityThe Social Construction of ScienceThe Structure of Health Administration in PittsfieldEpilogue Notes Bibliography Index

"In the Wake of the Giant is a remarkable book. Much of the anthropology now being done has fallen into the trap of a less thoughtful postmodernism—concentrating more on textuality and the emotional states of individuals, without any realization that these secondary states are derived from historical and economic, as well as linguistic and psychical processes. Kirsch manages to combine the historical and economic with the individual perspectives brilliantly."One of the outstanding features of the book is its readable style. It is very well-written, with an excellent narrative feel." — Richard Feldstein, Rhode Island College