Corporate Wasteland: The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization

by Steven High and David W. Lewis

Deindustrialization is not simply an economic process, but a social and cultural one as well. The rusting detritus of our industrial past--the wrecked hulks of factories, abandoned machinery too large to remove, and now-useless infrastructures--has for decades been a part of the North American landscape. In recent years, however, these modern ruins have become cultural attractions, drawing increasing numbers of adventurers, artists, and those curious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801474019
• ISBN13: 9780801474019
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher