Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - And Helped Save an American Town

by Beth Macy

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0316231436

ISBN13:9780316231435

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:Little Brown and Company

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.63 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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