In the wake of the giant
Subtitle: multinational restructuring and uneven development in a New England community
By: Max H. Kirsch.
Series: SUNY series in the anthropology of work
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: General Electric Company.; Downsizing of organizations -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- Pittsfield.; Industries -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- Pittsfield.; Community development -- Massachusetts -- Pittsfield.; Pittsfield (Mass.) -- Economic conditions.; Pittsfield (Mass.) -- Social conditions.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-142) and index.