Format:
Online-Ressource (425 p)
ISBN:
9780199765614
Content:
In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 33,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for decades. Workers at the plant earned 15.14 an hour, had good insurance, and were assured a solid retirement. In 2004, the plant was relocated to Reynosa, Mexico, where workers sometimes spent 13-hour days assembling refrigerators for 1.10 an hour. In Boom, Bust, Exodus, Chad Broughton offers a ground-level look at the rapid transition to a globalized economy, fr
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Boom, Bust, Exodus; Copyright; Contents; Prologue; Color Plates; 1. Boom Days in Appliance City; 2. Unrest in the Magic Valley; 3. An American Classic in the Global Era; 4. The Red-headed Stepchild; 5. Padre Mike and NAFTA Man; 6. Resist or Reinvent; 7. "Sin Maíz, No Hay País"; 8. "The End is HERE"; 9. The Mike Allen Question; 10. Chiles, Coyotes, and Vanilla; 11. Frogs, Mules, and Life after Maytag; 12. "Esa es Mi Visión"; 13. Looking North from Barra de Cazones; 14. Getting Back to Work in the 'Burg; 15. Hojas, Blackberries, and the Tortilla King
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16. Treading Water in the Great Recession17. Little Detroit, El Cártel, and Aguamiel; 18. Reshoring Up; Epilogue; Notes on Method; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199335961
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199765614
Additional Edition:
Print version Boom, Bust, Exodus: The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities
Language:
English
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