Scrappers: Dayton, Ohio, and America Turn to Scrap

by Steve Bennish

Overview

What has the Great Recession done to us? Scrappers, a documentary in photographs with more than 50 stark and unsettling images from Dayton, Ohio, offers answers. It is about the rise of urban armies of the poor devoted to a new economic boom in scrap metal. <br />Scrap is among the top exports from America in an age of downward mobility, deep industrial decline, unchecked globalization and political drift. This book is a vision of what we are becoming as a nation and a glimpse of a grim future we still have a chance to avoid. <br /> <br />SOFTCOVER FOR SALE at Blurb.com <br />

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016431147
Publisher:	Steve Bennish
Publication date:	04/12/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	92
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Steve Bennish is a veteran and award- winning business and economics reporter at the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, His work includes stories on urban affairs, street gangs, natural resources, and investigations into public fiscal abuse and local history. His stories have prompted rewrites of state and local laws and large-scale institutional reforms. He has also worked as a reporter at the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism and a native of Detroit, Michigan.

Editorial Reviews

<br />"A century ago, Dayton was the Silicon Valley of its age, and its decline is both astonishing and tells a broader story of what has happened to America. It's a fine work, both arresting and heartbreaking."

Blurb.com - Jon Talton

<br />"An illuminating look at the decline of the American manufacturing belt and how desperate citizens are cannibalizing their future just to feed their families."

Blurb.com - Martha Steffens

<br />"Steve Bennish lays bare in stark photos and unfettered commentary the post-Apocalyptic existence of so many prideful working class Americans devastated by the Great Recession. 'Scrappers' is required reading for anyone who dares to take a look at the human collateral damage of three decades of trickle-down economics and U.S. tax incentives and trade agreements that ship jobs overseas."

Blurb.com - James Debrosse

<br />"My friend and colleague Steve Bennish just published his first documentary project on homeless scrappers in Ohio. A fascinating set of images that highlight a previously untold vignette of the new economy and desperate times for some. Awesome!"

Blurb.com - Larry C. Price