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Condition
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Artist
Macy, Beth
ISBN
9780316231435
Book Title
Factory Man : How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Item Length
9.2in
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Publication Year
2014
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.2in
Author
Beth Macy
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Political Science
Topic
Globalization, General, Outsourcing, Industries / Manufacturing, Business
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
25 oz
Number of Pages
464 Pages

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The instant New York Times bestseller about one man's battle to save hundreds of jobs by demonstrating the greatness of American business. The Bassett Furniture Company was once the world's biggest wood furniture manufacturer. Run by the same powerful Virginia family for generations, it was also the center of life in Bassett, Virginia. But beginning in the 1980s, the first waves of Asian competition hit, and ultimately Bassett was forced to send its production overseas. One man fought back: John Bassett III, a shrewd and determined third-generation factory man, now chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co, which employs more than 700 Virginians and has sales of more than $90 million. In FACTORY MAN, Beth Macy brings to life Bassett's deeply personal furniture and family story, along with a host of characters from an industry that was as cutthroat as it was colorful. As she shows how he uses legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and sheer grit and cunning to save hundreds of jobs, she also reveals the truth about modern industry in America.

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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316231436
ISBN-13
9780316231435
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175698004

Product Key Features

Book Title
Factory Man : How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Author
Beth Macy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Globalization, General, Outsourcing, Industries / Manufacturing, Business
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Political Science
Number of Pages
464 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
25 oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Hd9773.U74v38 2014
Reviews
"John Bassett's story has everything. An extraordinary dynasty, a relevant and inspiring message, and one of the best heroes I've read about in years. It works on every level, from the most personal betrayal to the realities of the global economy, from the struggle of one worker in a small Appalachian town to the future of our cultural as a whole. Part of me wishes I'd found John Bassett III, because this is powerful stuff, but it's obvious the story is in excellent hands with Beth Macy. Sometimes the right writer comes along with the right story at the right time. This is clearly that book." - Bret Witter, author of Dewey and Until Tuesday, "I've been reading Beth Macy for years. She is a great American writer. She sees everything, all the precious detail. A few years back, as the world was collapsing around us, she did a story on the temp who was answering phones at a hotline for those in financial hot water. The temp was this immense hero in all these ways that nobody else would have ever recognized. Of course, Macy never called her a hero. She just let the story do the work." -- Roland Lazenby, author of Michael Jordan
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2014-937343
Dewey Decimal
338.7/6841040973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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  • by clipper4u
    Feb 22, 2017

    Interesting book on small town and what importing has done to it

    Give it an a for accuracy. This is exactly what is happening to our country.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: betterworldbooks

  • by livale-46
    Aug 10, 2020

    Factory Man

    Highly recommend. Based in the towns I grew up in out in the Blue Ridge Mtns of VA.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: wickham84

  • by salisburylab1
    Dec 10, 2019

    Excellent read.

    Excellent book and a terrific value.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: discover-books

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    A good read

    Once again a good read by this author.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

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