A social history of economic decline : business, politics, and work in Trenton /
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| Author / Creator: | Cumbler, John T. |
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 1989. |
| Description: | xii, 302 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Class and culture |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/952384 |
| Summary: | Nineteenth-century Trenton, New Jersey, was a booming commercial and manufacturing center for iron, rubber, steel cables, machine tools, and pottery. Trenton's golden age lasted until the 1920s, when many local industries were bought out by national companies. The story of the subsequent social, political, and economic decline of Trenton is also the story of twentieth-century urban America. John Cumbler analyzes the decline of Trenton in terms of the transition from civic capitalism to national capitalism. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 302 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813513731 081351374X |