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Factory man, how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town, Beth Macy

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Factory man, how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town, Beth Macy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Factory man

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

862790783

Responsibility statement

Beth Macy

Sub title

how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town

Summary

Describes how the chairman of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture fought for his more than seven hundred employees in a small Virginia town using legal maneuvers, factory efficiencies, and his wits and determination in the wake of sales losses to cheap Asian furniture imports

Table Of Contents

The dusty road to Dalian -- The tipoff -- The original outsourcer -- The town the Daddy Rabbits built -- Hilltop hierarchy -- The cousin company -- Company man -- Lineage and love -- Navigating the new landscape -- Sweet Ole Bob (SOB) -- The Mount airy ploy -- The family elbow -- Schooling the Chinese -- Bird-doggin' the backwaters -- Selling the masses -- The storm before the tsunami -- Trouble in the 'Ville -- Stretching out the snake -- The Dalian dance card -- Gathering the troops -- Mr. Bassett goes to Washington -- Factory requiem -- Million-dollar backlash -- Copper wires and pink slips -- Shakedown street -- Mud turtle -- The replacements -- "Sheila, get me the Governor!" -- The Smith River twitch -- Appendix. A Virginia furniture dynasty

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