Hamlet fire :: a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives.
For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad. But by the 1970s, it had become a postindustrial backwater, a magnet for businesses in search of cheap labor and almost no oversight. Imperial Food Products was one of those businesses. The company set up s...
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| Zusammenfassung: | For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad. But by the 1970s, it had become a postindustrial backwater, a magnet for businesses in search of cheap labor and almost no oversight. Imperial Food Products was one of those businesses. The company set up shop in Hamlet in the 1980s. Workers who complained about low pay and hazardous working conditions at the plant were silenced or fired. But jobs were scarce in town, so workers kept coming back, and the company continued to operate with impunity. Then, on the morning of September 3, 1991, the never-inspected chicken-processing plant a stone's throw from Hamlet's city hall burst into flames. Twenty-five people perished that day behind the plant's locked and bolted doors. It remains one of the deadliest accidents ever in the history of the modern American food industry. Eighty years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, industrial disasters were supposed to have been a thing of the past in the United States. However, as award-winning historian Bryant Simon shows, the pursuit of cheap food merged with economic decline in small towns across the South and the nation to devalue laborers and create perilous working conditions. The Hamlet fire and its aftermath reveal the social costs of antiunionism, lax regulations, and ongoing racial discrimination. Using oral histories, contemporary news coverage, and state records, Simon has constructed a vivid, potent, and disturbing social autopsy of this town, this factory, and this time that exposes how cheap labor, cheap government, and cheap food came together in a way that was destined to result in tragedy. |
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| spelling | Simon, Bryant, author. Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2020. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Hamlet -- 2. Silence -- 3. Chicken -- 4. Labor -- 5. Bodies -- 6. Deregulation -- 7. Endings -- Epilogue -- In Memoriam -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- About the Author For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad. But by the 1970s, it had become a postindustrial backwater, a magnet for businesses in search of cheap labor and almost no oversight. Imperial Food Products was one of those businesses. The company set up shop in Hamlet in the 1980s. Workers who complained about low pay and hazardous working conditions at the plant were silenced or fired. But jobs were scarce in town, so workers kept coming back, and the company continued to operate with impunity. Then, on the morning of September 3, 1991, the never-inspected chicken-processing plant a stone's throw from Hamlet's city hall burst into flames. Twenty-five people perished that day behind the plant's locked and bolted doors. It remains one of the deadliest accidents ever in the history of the modern American food industry. Eighty years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, industrial disasters were supposed to have been a thing of the past in the United States. However, as award-winning historian Bryant Simon shows, the pursuit of cheap food merged with economic decline in small towns across the South and the nation to devalue laborers and create perilous working conditions. The Hamlet fire and its aftermath reveal the social costs of antiunionism, lax regulations, and ongoing racial discrimination. Using oral histories, contemporary news coverage, and state records, Simon has constructed a vivid, potent, and disturbing social autopsy of this town, this factory, and this time that exposes how cheap labor, cheap government, and cheap food came together in a way that was destined to result in tragedy. Imperial Food Products. Plant (Hamlet, N.C.) Fire, 1991. Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention North Carolina Hamlet. Employers' liability North Carolina Hamlet. Industrial safety Government policy United States. Sécurité du travail Politique gouvernementale États-Unis. HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) bisacsh Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention fast Industrial safety Government policy fast Employers' liability fast North Carolina Hamlet fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfCt6JX3v33Px4pghCCwC United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Imperial Food Products Plant Fire (Hamlet, North Carolina : 1991) fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbkGjFKkvvDxMYB74y 1991 fast 1991 fast (OCoLC)fst01183774 Print version: 1469660261 9781469660264 (OCoLC)1147893904 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2432676 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Simon, Bryant Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Hamlet -- 2. Silence -- 3. Chicken -- 4. Labor -- 5. Bodies -- 6. Deregulation -- 7. Endings -- Epilogue -- In Memoriam -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- About the Author Imperial Food Products. Plant (Hamlet, N.C.) Fire, 1991. Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention North Carolina Hamlet. Employers' liability North Carolina Hamlet. Industrial safety Government policy United States. Sécurité du travail Politique gouvernementale États-Unis. HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) bisacsh Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention fast Industrial safety Government policy fast Employers' liability fast |
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| title | Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. |
| title_auth | Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. |
| title_exact_search | Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. |
| title_full | Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. |
| title_fullStr | Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hamlet fire : a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. |
| title_short | Hamlet fire : |
| title_sort | hamlet fire a tragic story of cheap food cheap government and cheap lives |
| title_sub | a tragic story of cheap food, cheap government, and cheap lives. |
| topic | Imperial Food Products. Plant (Hamlet, N.C.) Fire, 1991. Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention North Carolina Hamlet. Employers' liability North Carolina Hamlet. Industrial safety Government policy United States. Sécurité du travail Politique gouvernementale États-Unis. HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) bisacsh Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention fast Industrial safety Government policy fast Employers' liability fast |
| topic_facet | Imperial Food Products. Plant (Hamlet, N.C.) Fire, 1991. Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention North Carolina Hamlet. Employers' liability North Carolina Hamlet. Industrial safety Government policy United States. Sécurité du travail Politique gouvernementale États-Unis. HISTORY United States State & Local South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) Poultry plants Fires and fire prevention Industrial safety Government policy Employers' liability North Carolina Hamlet United States |
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