| Description |
xiii, 372 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-356) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the meanings of deindustrialization / Jefferson Cowie and Joseph Heathcott -- "A trail of ghost towns across our land" : the decline of manufacturing in Yonkers, New York / Tami J. Friedman -- The "fall" of Reo in Lansing, Michigan, 1955-1975 / Lisa M. Fine -- Segregated fantasies : race, public space, and the life and death of the movie business in Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1945-2000 / Bryant Simon -- Greening Anaconda : EPA, ARCO, and the politics of space in postindustrial Montana / Kent Curtis -- From Love's Canal to Love Canal : reckoning with the environmental legacy of an industrial dream / Richard Newman -- The wages of disinvestment : how money and politics aided the decline of Camden, New Jersey / Howard Gillette, Jr. -- California's industrial garden : Oakland and the East Bay in the age of deindustrialization / Robert O. Self -- Deindustrialization, poverty, and federal area redevelopment in the United States, 1945-1965 / Gregory S. Wilson -- Collateral damage : deindustrialization and the uses of Youngstown / John Russo and Sherry Lee Linkon -- Envisioning the steel city : the legend and the legacy of Gary, Indiana / S. Paul O'Hara -- Monuments of a lost cause : the postindustrial campaign to commemorate steel / Kirk Savage -- Making sense of restructuring : narratives of accommodation among downsized workers / Steve May and Laura Morrison -- Worker memory and narrative : personal stories of deindustrialization in Louisville, Kentucky / Joy L. Hart and Tracy E. K'Meyer. |
| Subject |
Deindustrialization -- United States.
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Deindustrialization. |
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United States. |
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Plant shutdowns -- United States.
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Plant shutdowns. |
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Industries -- United States.
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Industries. |
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Industrial policy -- United States.
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Industrial policy. |
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Working class -- United States -- Economic conditions.
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Working class. |
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Economic conditions. |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
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| Chronological Term |
2001-2009 |
| Subject |
United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects. |
| Added Author |
Cowie, Jefferson.
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Heathcott, Joseph, 1968-
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| ISBN |
0801488710 paperback alkaline paper |
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0801439213 cloth alkaline paper |
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