Nixon, Richard
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Nutter, Bill
Oatney, John
Oatney, Wendy
Obama, Barack
Obamacare (Affordable Care Act)
See also health care/insurance
Occupational Work Experience (OWE)
Ohio Flint Glass Company
Olivotto
Oneida
OnePage (previously MeadWestvaco)
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Oppenheimer & Company
Outcault, Richard
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones
Pattison, Robert
payday and car-title lending
Peck, Jim
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
pensions
Peters, Bernard
Phalen, Dave
Philo, John
Phoenix Glass Company
Piccolo, Joe
Pink Cricket
police and policing
See also Bailey, Dave; Brown, Eric; Major Crimes Unit (MCU)
poverty
Powers, Sue
Presser, Stephen
prison
private equity (PE)
See also Cerberus Capital Management; Monomoy Capital Partners; Wesray Capital Corporation
Pyrex
Quayle, Dan
racism
Reagan, Ronald
Reich, Robert
Reisig, Anthony
religion
Ritchlin, Michele
RJR Nabisco
Roane, Peter
Rockefeller, Jay
Rockefeller, John D.
Rohatyn, Felix
Rolodex
Romine, Lloyd
Romney, Mitt
Roof, Dylann
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Teddy
Rose, Forest
Ross, Lou
Rubbermaid
See also Newell Rubbermaid
Rumsfeld, Donald
Sanderson, Andrew
Save Anchor Hocking
Schoenberger, Erika
schools. See education and schools
Sears
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
share buybacks
Sharpie
Sheldon, Gary
Sheppard, John
Sherman, John
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman House Museum
Shonk, Aaron
Shonk, Dawn
Shook, Mike
Silverstein, Laurie Selber
Simon, Bill
Sinclair, Upton
Smalley, Deborah
Smith, Benny
Smith, Billy and Lorena
Smith, Dave
Smith, Deb
Smith, Ollie
Snow, John
social contract
social services
Solomon, Sam
special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)
Stebelton, Gerry
Stein, Fred von
Stevens, Mark
Stewart, John
Stone, Brenda
Stuck Mold Works
subprime mortgages
Taft, Bob
Tarbell, Ida
tattoos
taxation
Delaware
and education
and ideology
income taxes
and PE income
property taxes
tax cuts
Taylor, Dan
Taylor, W. Robert
Thomas, Lee
Tobin, James
Topper, J. Ray
Trimmer, David
Trump, Donald J.
Vermont American
Vitro
Von Burg, Philip
Wachovia
wages
Wagner Act
Walker, Colin
Wallace, Art
Wallace, George
Walmart
Walters, Jennifer
Walton, Sam
WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act) letters
Wayzata Investment Partners
WearEver
Weinstein, David N.
Wesray Capital Corporation
Western Asset Management Company (WAMCO)
Western Savings and Loan
Wexford Management
William E. Wright & Sons
Williamson, Kevin D.
World Kitchen
World Trade Organization
Zak, David
Zane, Ebenezer
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brian Alexander has written about American culture for decades. A former contributing editor to Wired magazine, his work has been recognized by numerous organizations, including the Medill School of Journalism’s John Bartlow Martin awards for public interest journalism. He grew up in Lancaster, with a family history in the glass business. He lives in California. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
PREFACE: The Cop
Map of Lancaster
INTRODUCTION
The CEO
ONE
Glass House: December 2014
TWO
The All-American Town: 1947–1982
THREE
Triggering Events: July 1987
FOUR
Newellization: March 2004
FIVE
Hook, Line, and Sinker: April 2007
SIX
The Cheese, the CEO, and Lancaster’s Year: January 2015
SEVEN
The Shutdown: February 2015
EIGHT
The Bankruptcy: March 2015
NINE
Pump It and Dump It: April 2015
TEN
Turn It Around, or Turn It Up?: May 2015
ELEVEN
Hope for a Forever Home: June 2015
TWELVE
Putting the Baby Back Together: July 2015
THIRTEEN
Maximum Value: August 2015
FOURTEEN
Falling Out: October 2015
FIFTEEN
The Future in Play: January 2016
A NOTE ON NAMES AND SOURCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
GLASS HOUSE. Copyright © 2017 by Brian Alexander. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Frontispiece photograph by Shelley Metcalf
Map of Lancaster by Amanda Allen
Cover photographs: town © Susan Finley; glass © Fred EP / Shutterstock
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Hardcover ISBN 9781250085801
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