Rust Belt Resistance: How a Small Community Took on Big Oil and Won

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Rust Belt Resistance STANCE Rust Belt Resistance Perry Bush The Kent State University Press Kent, Ohio How a Small Community Took On Big Oil and Won © 2012 by The Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio 44242 All rights reserved Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2011047790 isbn 978-1-60635-117-8 Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bush, Perry, 1959– Rust belt resistance : how a small community took on big oil and won / Perry Bush. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-1-60635-117-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) ∞ 1. Lima (Ohio)—Economic policy—Decision making. 2. Petroleum—Refining— Ohio—Lima. 3. British Petroleum Company. 4. Corporate power—Ohio—Lima. I. Title. HC108.L427B87 2012 338.7'66550977142—dc23 2011047790 16 15 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 For Elysia Who has hung in there with me ...