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

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.

Main Author: Macy, Beth (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Bassett, John D., > 1937-
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company.
Bassett Furniture Industries.
Furniture industry and trade > United States.
Furniture industry and trade > Foreign ownership.
Offshore outsourcing.
Globalization.
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.
Physical Description: x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index.
ISBN: 9780316231435
0316231436
Author Notes: Beth Macy is a journalist. Her work has appeared in national magazines and The Roanoke Times, where her reporting has won more than a dozen national awards, including a Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard. Her first book, Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town, was published in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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