Empty Mills : The Fight Against Imports and the Decline of the U.S. Textile Industry
| Year of publication: |
2012
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| Authors: | Minchin, Timothy J. |
| Publisher: |
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Subject: | USA | United States | Textilindustrie | Textile industry | Internationaler Wettbewerb | International competition | Deindustrialisierung | Deindustrialization | Außenwirtschaftspolitik | Foreign economic policy |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (353 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 A Troubled Industry in an Era of Prosperity; 2 Mobilizing Against the Import Threat; 3 Import Escalation and the Buildup to H.R. 1562; 4 The Most Important Battle: The Fight to Pass the 1985 Textile Bill; 5 A Resounding Blow: The 1987 and 1990 Textile Bills; 6 "Us Is Spelled U.S.": The Crafted with Pride in the USA Campaign; 7 Looking Beyond Our Borders: The Industry in the Era of NAFTA and GATT; 8 A Tidal Wave: The Collapse of the Industry in the New Millennium 9 Fighting Back: Lowell, Massachusetts, and the Long Battle against Deindustrialization in the North10 "It Knocked This City to Its Knees": A Case Study of Deindustrialization in Kannapolis, North Carolina; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4422-2082-9 ; 978-1-4422-2083-6 ; 978-1-4422-2082-9 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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