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100 1 a| Macy, Bethe| author.=| ^A1258123;

245 10 a| Factory man :b| how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town /c| Beth Macy.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Little, Brown and Company,c| 2014.;

300 a| x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

546 a| Text in English.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index.;

505 0 a| The dusty road to Dalian -- The tipoff -- The original outsourcer -- The town the Daddy Rabbits built -- Hilltop hierarchy -- The cousin company -- Company man -- Lineage and love -- Navigating the new landscape -- Sweet Ole Bob (SOB) -- The Mount airy ploy -- The family elbow -- Schooling the Chinese -- Bird-doggin' the backwaters -- Selling the masses -- The storm before the tsunami -- Trouble in the 'Ville -- Stretching out the snake -- The Dalian dance card -- Gathering the troops -- Mr. Bassett goes to Washington -- Factory requiem -- Million-dollar backlash -- Copper wires and pink slips -- Shakedown street -- Mud turtle -- The replacements -- "Sheila, get me the Governor!" -- The Smith River twitch -- Appendix. A Virginia furniture dynasty.;

520 a| 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.;

610 20 a| Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company.=| ^A1258390;

610 20 a| Bassett Furniture Industries.=| ^A1246581;

600 10 a| Bassett, John D.,d| 1937-?| UNAUTHORIZED;

650 0 a| Furniture industry and tradez| United States.=| ^A312047;

650 0 a| Furniture industry and tradex| Foreign ownership.=| ^A142336;

650 0 a| Offshore outsourcing.=| ^A607746;

650 0 a| Globalization.=| ^A445023;

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Factory man : how one furniture maker battled offshoring, stayed local-- and helped save an American town / Beth Macy.

Author/creator	Macy, Beth author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Description	x, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.

Contents	The dusty road to Dalian -- The tipoff -- The original outsourcer -- The town the Daddy Rabbits built -- Hilltop hierarchy -- The cousin company -- Company man -- Lineage and love -- Navigating the new landscape -- Sweet Ole Bob (SOB) -- The Mount airy ploy -- The family elbow -- Schooling the Chinese -- Bird-doggin' the backwaters -- Selling the masses -- The storm before the tsunami -- Trouble in the 'Ville -- Stretching out the snake -- The Dalian dance card -- Gathering the troops -- Mr. Bassett goes to Washington -- Factory requiem -- Million-dollar backlash -- Copper wires and pink slips -- Shakedown street -- Mud turtle -- The replacements -- "Sheila, get me the Governor!" -- The Smith River twitch -- Appendix. A Virginia furniture dynasty.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-442) and index.
Language	Text in English.
ISBN	9780316231435
ISBN	0316231436

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