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

Beth Macy

Beth Macy follows John Bassett’s fight to keep a Virginia furniture factory operating amid imports, family conflict, and a changing town.

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29 parts, about 32 minutes to read.

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Author
Beth Macy
Parts
29 parts
Reading time
about 32 minutes
The whole book
Also to read in full

What the summary covers

  1. The Dusty Road to Dalian1 min
  2. The Tipoff2 min
  3. The Original Outsourcer1 min
  4. The Town the Daddy Rabbits Built1 min
  5. Hilltop Hierarchy2 min
  6. The Cousin Company1 min
  7. Company Man1 min
  8. Lineage and Love1 min
  9. Navigating the New Landscape1 min
  10. Sweet Ole Bob (SOB)1 min
  11. The Mount Airy Ploy1 min
  12. The Family Elbow1 min
  13. Schooling the Chinese1 min
  14. Bird Doggin’ the Backwaters1 min
  15. Selling the Masses1 min
  16. The Storm Before the Tsunami1 min
  17. Trouble in the ’Ville1 min
  18. Stretching Out the Snake1 min
  19. The Dalian Dance Card1 min
  20. Gathering the Troops1 min
  21. Mr. Bassett Goes to Washington1 min
  22. Factory Requiem1 min
  23. Million Dollar Backlash1 min
  24. Copper Wires and Pink Slips1 min
  25. Shakedown Street2 min
  26. Mud Turtle1 min
  27. The Replacements1 min
  28. ‘Sheila, Get Me the Governor!’1 min
  29. Epilogue. The Smith River Twitch1 min

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