Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American Town, (Hardcover)

from WMBSteve

Great reading, especially for those who worked in the industry. I know and even worked with some of those named only I had finish in my veins, to me that nitrocellulose smelled like a living to myself and the 78 employees I supervised. Sure miss the industry.

from Writermala

found this book at the same time Fascinating and Gut-wrenching. Beth Macy has explored the History of the factory town of Bassett Virginia, its progress to becoming the foremost manufacturer of quality furniture and its eventual decline on losing market share to imports. So, how could this be int...

from mybucketlistofbooks

One of the most challenging issues facing the United States in the 21st century is how to cope with the consequences of economic globalization. Free trade agreements along with the adoption of free market principles in communist countries such as China and Vietnam have resulted in rapid and drama...

from GypsyJon

Very interesting book. The history of the Bassett family and the furniture industry in North Carolina. The author reviews a complicated family tree, which includes out of wedlock children of maids etc. She discusses the impact of NAFTA, WTO and globalization on a once large US industry that has b...

from azrowan

If I had grown up in the furniture manufacturing south, or had spent a career in furniture, I may have liked this book. Unfortunately I never grew fond of the Bassett family, and at times it sure seemed the author was repeating the same story. Not for me.