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Fraying fabric : how trade policy and industrial decline transformed America /

"The decline of the U.S. textile and apparel industries between the 1940s and 1970s helped lay the groundwork for the twenty-first century's potent economic populism in America. James C. Benton looks at how shortsighted trade and economic policy by labor, business, and government undermine...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benton, James C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Colección:Working class in American history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Free Trade to Populism : How Did We Get Here?, 1974-2016
  • Clashing Aims : The New Deal, Labor, and Tariff Reform, 1933-45
  • New Challenges : Labor's Limits, International Recovery, and Industrial Decline, 1945-60
  • New Domestic and International Frontiers : John F. Kennedy, Labor, and Trade, 1961-63
  • Winds of Change : Trade Deals, Rising Imports, and Shifting Political Alliances, 1964-69
  • Fighting to Win : Organized Labor and the Battle to Shape Trade Policy, 1969-70
  • Labor Strikes Out : The Mills Bill, Burke-Hartke, and the Trade Act of 1974
  • Epilogue: Where do we go from here?