Refinery Town Big Oil, Big Money, and the Remaking of an American City |
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Author:
| Early, Steve |
Foreword by:
| Sanders, Bernie |
ISBN: | 978-0-8070-9426-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
Publisher: | Beacon Press
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Imprint: | Beacon Press |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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The People vs. Big Oil how a working-class company town harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community Home to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town bankrolled by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class city of a hundred thousand had experienced the by-products of decades worth of poverty, substandard housing, and poorly funded public education. It had one of the highest homicide rates, per...
More Description The People vs. Big Oil how a working-class company town harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community Home to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town bankrolled by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class city of a hundred thousand had experienced the by-products of decades worth of poverty, substandard housing, and poorly funded public education. It had one of the highest homicide rates, per capita, in the country and a jobless rate often twice the national average. But in 2012, when veteran labor reporter Steve Early moved from New England to Richmond, he witnessed a surprising transformation.