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The Decline of American Steel by Paul Tiffany Oxford 1988 SIGNED 2nd Edition
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Personalize
- No
- Signed By
- Paul. A Tiffany
- Era
- 1980s
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Inscribed
- No
- Special Features
- Author Signed / 2nd Edition / Mylar Book Cover
- Vintage
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780195043822
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195043820
ISBN-13
9780195043822
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1249239
Product Key Features
Book Title
Decline of American Steel : How Management, Labor, and Government Went Wrong
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Life Sciences / Botany, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
Publication Year
1988
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
22.9 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
87-005782
Reviews
"A perceptive, enlightening view of the events bracketed between 1945 and1960...it underscores that more than market economics is responsible for theproblem."--Newsday
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
338.4/7669142/0973
Synopsis
'Tiffany shows that American decision makers who ignore the past are likely to jeopardize America's future. So persuasive is his account of the historical antagonism between steel management, labor and government that advocates of industrial policy will have to reconsider the premise of cooperation on which it is based., Once the great symbol of American industrial strength, the steel industry by 1960 had begun its fall to a position of confusion and weakness, while its leading off-short competitors--primarily Germany and Japan--were surging into the world market. Most accounts of this shocking fall have focused on the short-sightedness of steel executives. But in The Decline of American Steel , Paul Tiffany offers a much broader perspective on the post-World War II steel industry, identifying the long-standing antagonism among steelmakers, government, and labor as the root of this industry's decline. Focusing in particular on the crucial interval from 1945 to 1960, Tiffany finds that a combination of public policy failure, excessive labor demands, and management shortcomings accounted for the industry's subsequent problems. Immediately after the war, the Truman administration, worried about what it believed would be pent up demand for steel, pressured the steel producers to expand capacity by building new mills. The industry was skeptical about increased demand and only reluctantly took the less expensive "rounding out" approach (adding on to existing mills), instead of the more costly and time-consuming "greenfield" approach (building mills from scratch). As a result, the industry was saddled with obsolete mills and could not compete effectively with Germany or Japan. The leaders of the United Steel Workers union were equally short-sighted, says Tiffany, particularly during the disasterous strike of 1959, which permanently opened the doors to foreign steel. Neither steel managers, nor union leaders, nor several Administrations escape blame in this study. If they had worked together, Tiffany argues, the industry might have maintained its dominant position in the world market. Instead, they provide a valuable lesson for executives, union leaders, and politicians involved in any aspect of the national economy., Once the great symbol of American industrial strength, the steel industry by 1960 had begun its fall to a position of confusion and weakness, while its leading off-short competitors--primarily Germany and Japan--were surging into the world market. Most accounts of this shocking fall have focused on the short-sightedness of steel executives. But in The Decline of American Steel, Paul Tiffany offers a much broader perspective on the post-World War II steel industry, identifying the long-standing antagonism among steelmakers, government, and labor as the root of this industry's decline. Focusing in particular on the crucial interval from 1945 to 1960, Tiffany finds that a combination of public policy failure, excessive labor demands, and management shortcomings accounted for the industry's subsequent problems. Immediately after the war, the Truman administration, worried about what it believed would be pent up demand for steel, pressured the steel producers to expand capacity by building new mills. The industry was skeptical about increased demand and only reluctantly took the less expensive "rounding out" approach (adding on to existing mills), instead of the more costly and time-consuming "greenfield" approach (building mills from scratch). As a result, the industry was saddled with obsolete mills and could not compete effectively with Germany or Japan. The leaders of the United Steel Workers union were equally short-sighted, says Tiffany, particularly during the disasterous strike of 1959, which permanently opened the doors to foreign steel. Neither steel managers, nor union leaders, nor several Administrations escape blame in this study. If they had worked together, Tiffany argues, the industry might have maintained its dominant position in the world market. Instead, they provide a valuable lesson for executives, union leaders, and politicians involved in any aspect of the national economy., "A perceptive, enlightening view of the events bracketed between 1945 and 1960...it underscores that more than market economics is responsible for the problem"--New York Newsday. "Excellent historical research"--Library Journal. Once the great symbol of American industrial strength, the steel industry by 1960 had begun its fall to a position of confusion and weakness. Paul Tiffany deftly shows how a combination of public policy failure, excessive labor demands, and conservative management led to steel's decline, in a historical analysis that offers an important perspective for the future of American industry.
LC Classification Number
HD9515.T54 1988
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