Closing: The Life and Death of An American Factoryby Bill Bamberger and Cathy N. Davidson What does work mean in today's America? Documenting the working life and takeover death of the White Furniture factory in Mebane, North Carolina, writer Cathy N. Davidson and award-winning photographer Bill Bamberger find pride in craft and an irremediable sense of loss. Bamberger's evocative photographs and Davidson's in-depth interviews with the workers and managers of White Furniture show us the human face of an economy on costly transition. These are the men and women behind the headlines of layoffs a nd buyouts, of downsizings and closings--they tell the real story of America's changing economy. |