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Steel Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of the U.S. Steel Industry 1997 Edition
Contributor(s): Hall, Christopher G. L. (Author)
ISBN: 0312161980     ISBN-13: 9780312161989
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
OUR PRICE:   $104.49  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: February 1997
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Annotation: Steel Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of the U.S. Steel Industry is a remarkable story. Christopher Hall recounts the great downfall of "Big Steel" in America and the emergence of a new, reinvented steel industry from the ashes of the old. Beginning with the failures of Big Steel to respond to a changing world, Christopher Hall analyzes the powers and drives behind this "most basic" of industries, revealing how the "Rust Belt" of the 1970s and 1980s was created and how the death of the traditional steel industry devastated cities such as Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Youngstown. Hall then examines how pioneering entrepreneurs and engineers rebuilt the industry by recycling large supplies of scrap steel, giving way to a minimill industry that ultimately saved what was left of the old Big Steel mills.
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- History | United States - General
- Business & Economics | Industries - General
Dewey: 338.476
LCCN: 96046909
Physical Information: 1.28" H x 5.88" W x 8.82" (1.65 lbs) 427 pages
 
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Steel Phoenix recounts the downfall of 'Big Steel' in America and the emergence of a new steel industry from the ashes of the old. Hall reveals how the death of the traditional steel industry devastated cities such as Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Youngstown. Hall then proceeds to examine how pioneering entrepreneurs and engineers rebuilt the industry by recycling large supplies of scrap steel, giving way to a 'minimill' industry which ultimately saved what was left of old Big Steel mills. The story of an industry's surprising rebirth and restoration, Steel Phoenix is a riveting analysis and a necessary resource for any student of American business and history.