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Wheels of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in AkronPaperback, 15 March 2019

Wheels of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in Akron
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Part of Series
Ohio History and Culture
Print Length
359 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Akron Press
Date Published
15 Mar 2019
ISBN-10
1629221600
ISBN-13
9781629221601

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Wheels of Fortune is the story of the rise and fall and transformation of the rubber industry in Akron, a book rich in anecdotes and photographs. This is history told by people who lived it, on the factory floors and in executive offices, their voices ringing through a narrative that has all the heroes and villains and epic sweep of a Steinbeck novel. For more than a century after Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich came to town, in 1870, Akron, Ohio was the rubber capital of the world. The city prospered along with the tire factories, becoming a model for Middle America's industrial success. Its people worked in the rubber shops and lived in neighborhoods fostered by companies like Goodyear and Firestone. Even the air they breathed was heavy with the odors of rubber. But by the 1980s, most of the rubber industry had gone south, first the plants and then the company headquarters, a result of stubbornness in the union ranks, intransigence in the corporate boardrooms, and takeovers by foreign competitors. Akron began an awkward metamorphosis from a stronghold of blue-collar labor to a research and development center, finding its new identity in the broader fields of polymer science and technology.

Product Details

Authors:
David GiffelsSteve Love
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 March 2019
Dimensions:
27.69 x 21.34 x 2.54 cm
Genre:
Midwest
ISBN-10:
1629221600
ISBN-13:
9781629221601
Language:
English
Pages:
359
Weight:
1043.26 gm

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