A Social History of Economic Decline: Business, Politics, and Work in Trenton

A Social History of Economic Decline: Business, Politics, and Work in Trenton
ISBN-10
0813513731
ISBN-13
9780813513737
Category
Business & Economics / General
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
1989
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Authors
John T. Cumbler, Teaches in the Department of History John T Cumbler

Description

Nineteenth-century Trenton, New Jersey, was a booming commercial and manufacturing center for iron, rubber, steel cables, machine tools, and pottery. Trenton's golden age lasted until the 1920s, when many local industries were bought out by national companies. The story of the subsequent social, political, and economic decline of Trenton is also the story of twentieth-century urban America. John Cumbler analyzes the decline of Trenton in terms of the transition from civic capitalism to national capitalism.

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