Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Rudacille, Deborah. Title: Roots of steel : boom and bust in an American mill town / Deborah Rudacille. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Pantheon Books, ©2010. Description: 290 pages ; 25 cm Summary: Traces the history of a Maryland steel mill town where the author grew up as the daughter of a steelworker, a childhood during which she witnessed how the industry's decline and complicated social disputes put tens of thousands out of work. Subjects: Steel industry and trade -- Maryland -- Sparrows Point -- History. Sparrows Point (Md.) -- Economic conditions. Sparrows Point (Md.) -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-274) and index. Contents: Patriots -- Roots -- Dirt -- guns -- Unity -- Liberty -- Boom -- Smoke -- Justice -- Reckoning -- Legacies -- Scrap. Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2009020962 ISBN: 9780375423680 0375423680 1400095891 9781400095896 Other Number: 326533392 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 290946 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 338.47669 Rudacill Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1