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Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization

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Description for Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJCR; HBTK; JFSG; KCFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.

Deindustrialization is not simply an economic process, but a social and cultural one as well. The rusting detritus of our industrial past—the wrecked hulks of factories, abandoned machinery too large to remove, and now-useless infrastructures—has for decades been a part of the North American landscape. In recent years, however, these modern ruins have become cultural attractions, drawing increasing numbers of adventurers, artists, and those curious about a forgotten heritage.Through a unique blend of oral history, photographs, and interpretive essays, Corporate Wasteland investigates this fascinating terrain and the phenomenon of its loss and rediscovery. Steven High and David W. Lewis begin ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780801474019
SKU
V9780801474019
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About Steven High
Steven High is Canada Research Chair in Public History at Concordia University in Montreal. He is the author of Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984. David W. Lewis is a photographer and the author of The Art of Bromoil and Transfer and The Passion Pit: A Tribute to the Drive-in.

Reviews for Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization
"Corporate Wasteland is more than simply the best book on deindustrialization; it's a transnational road trip through the rust belt with everyone from Woody Guthrie to Walker Evans, Joseph Schumpeter to John Steinbeck along for the ride, pointing out the details, arguing about what happened, and digging into the rich complexity of truth itself. The transcendent photographs of rotting industrial ... Read more

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