Capital's Utopia: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, 1855-1916

by Anne E. Mosher

Book Overview

In the 1890s the Apollo Iron and Steel Company ended a bitterly contested labor dispute by hiring replacement workers from the surrounding countryside. To avoid future unrest, however, the company sought to gain tighter control over its workers not only at the factory but also in their homes. Drawing upon a philosophy of reform movements in Europe and the United States, the firm decided that providing workers with good housing and a good urban...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801873819
• ISBN13: 9780801873812
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"