Boom, bust, exodus : the Rust Belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities /

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"In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 34,000 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 half a century. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broughton, Chad (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2015.
Temas:
Maytag Corporation > Employees.
Maytag Corporation
Working class > Illinois > Galesburg.
Working class > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Offshore assembly industry > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Globalization > Social aspects > Illinois > Galesburg.
Globalization > Social aspects > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Travailleurs > Illinois > Galesburg.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Illinois > Galesburg.
HISTORY > United States > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Economic history
Employees
Globalization > Social aspects
Offshore assembly industry
Social conditions
Working class
Galesburg (Ill.) > Economic conditions.
Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > Economic conditions.
Galesburg (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > Social conditions.
Illinois > Galesburg
Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Boom Days in the Appliance City
  • Life in the Magic Valley
  • A New Era for an American Classic
  • The Red-headed Stepchild
  • Padre Mike and Nafta Man
  • Resist, Reinvent, Resent
  • "Sin Maíz, No Hay País"
  • "The End is HERE!"
  • The Mike Allen Question
  • Chiles, Coyotes, and Vanilla
  • Frogs, Mules, and Life after Maytag
  • "Esa es Mi Visión"
  • Looking North from Barra de Cazones
  • Getting Back to Work in the 'Burg
  • Hojas, Blackberries, and the Tortilla King
  • Treading Water in the Great Recession
  • Little Detroit, El Cartel, and Aguamiel
  • Epilogue.

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