Portraits in Steel: An Illustrated History of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
This history of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation paints a gritty portrait of the successes and failures of the American steel industry as a whole, and J&L Steel in particular. From the beginning, its workers were intensely loyal and creative. The 131-year life of this "American Business" is presented from its origins as one of the many struggling ironmakers in the mid-19th century through its leadership in technological innovation and progressive worker/management relations in the...
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This history of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation paints a gritty portrait of the successes and failures of the American steel industry as a whole, and J&L Steel in particular. From the beginning, its workers were intensely loyal and creative. The 131-year life of this "American Business" is presented from its origins as one of the many struggling ironmakers in the mid-19th century through its leadership in technological innovation and progressive worker/management relations in the early 20th century to its demise in 1984.. "Portraits in Steel is the authors' effort to help explain and to save something of the heritage of a once-vital company and to portray its wide-ranging impact on the local and national community.
PrefaceIntroduction11"Present at the Creation"72Ironmasters in War and Peace213From Iron to Steel414"Passing the Torch"535From Private to Public846Surviving Depression977Heady Wartime Expansion1168The Moreell Years1359Rearguard Actions16010"Going Down for the Count"179Epilogue200App. 1Advertising at J&L, 1958-60204App. 2Making Steel with Jake & Looey227App. 3Chronology of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation273App. 4Chronology of the LTV Corporation286App. 5Facilities for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation289Notes299Selected Bibliography320Index324
