Brass Valley
Subtitle: the story of working people's lives and struggles in an American industrial region
By: the Brass Workers History Project ; compiled and edited by Jeremy Brecher, Jerry Lombardi, and Jan Stackhouse.
Contributors: Lombardi, Jerry.; Stackhouse, Jan.; Brass Workers History Project.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: American Brass Company -- History.; Brass industry and trade -- Connecticut -- Naugatuck River Valley -- History.; Brass industry and trade -- Employees -- Labor unions -- Connecticut -- Naugatuck River Valley -- History.; Brass industry and trade -- Connecticut -- Naugatuck River Valley -- Employees -- Interviews.; Ethnology -- Connecticut -- Naugatuck River Valley.; Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Social conditions.; Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Economic conditions.; Naugatuck River Valley (Conn.) -- Biography.
Description: For too many years American workers have been cut off from their own roots. When children go to school, they learn little about the people who work in factories and offices, their movements and their efforts for a better life. What is hidden from them is their own legacy, the heritage of culture and struggle handed on from other generations of working people. This book represents a new approach to history. It attempts to pass on that history from one group of workers to other workers, especially as workers and unions are at a crossroads, facing deteriorating conditions and even the permanent loss of jobs. But workers have faced these problems before, and surmounted them. This book can help all understand that our collective history helps us to face the challenges of the present and ones yet unknown of tomorrow. -- Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.