Worker Response to Plant Closings: Steelworkers in Johnstown and Youngstown Book

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	Acknowledgments
I	Introducing the Problem	3
	Response in Youngstown and Johnstown	12
	Plant Closings and Worker Response	14
II	Theory and Plant Closings	21
	Theories of Capital Accumulation	22
	Plant Closing Literature and General Theory	36
	Theories of Collective Behavior and Social Movements	40
	Theoretical of Orientation of This Study	50
III	Method of Inquiry	57
	General Strategy of Historical Investigation	58
	Key Variables	59
	Secondary Sources of Information	79
	Primary Sources of Information	80
IV	Developments in the Steel Industry	89
	Proletarianization of Labor, Early Years to 1892	95
	Homogenization of Labor, 1892-1936	104
	Segmentation of Labor, 1936-1982	115
V	Steelworkers in Johnstown	149
	Proletarianization, 1800-1892	149
	Homogenization, 1892-1936	161
	Segmentation, 1937-1990	172
VI	Steelworkers in Youngstown	201
	Proletarianization, 1800-1892	202
	Homogenization, 1892-1936	213
	Segmentation, 1936-1990	220
VII	Comparison of Actions	249
	Dependent Variable	250
	Independent Variables	264
VIII	Conclusions	295
	References	301
	Index	317