Timothy J. Minchin

Empty Mills (eBook, PDF)

The Fight Against Imports and the Decline of the U.S. Textile Industry

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

With the economy struggling, there has been much discussion about the effects of deindustrialization on American manufacturing. While the steel and auto industries have taken up most of the spotlight, the textile and apparel industries have been profoundly affected. In Empty Mills, Timothy Minchin provides the first book length study of how both industries have suffered since WWII and the unwavering efforts of industry supporters to prevent that decline. In 1985, the textile industry accounted for one in eight manufacturing jobs, and unlike the steel and auto industries, more than fifty percent of the workforce was women or minorities. In the last four decades over two million jobs have been lost in the textile and apparel industries alone as more and more of the manufacturing moves overseas. Impeccably well researched, providing information on both the history and current trends, Empty Mills will be of importance to anyone interested in economics, labor, the social historical, as well as the economic significance of the decline of one of America's biggest industries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216222774
• Artikelnr.: 74843980

Autorenporträt

Timothy Minchin is professor of North American History at La Trobe University. He is the author of six books, including Fighting Against the Odds: A History of Southern Labor Since WWII and Hiring the Black Worker: The Racial Integration of the Southern Textile Industry.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: A Troubled Industry in an Era of Prosperity Chapter
2: Mobilizing Against the Import Threat Chapter 3: Import Escalation and
the Build-Up to H.R. 1562 Chapter 4: The Most Important Battle: The Fight
to Pass the 1985 Textile Bill Chapter 5: A Resounding Blow: The 1987 and
1990 Textile Bills Chapter 6: "Us is Spelled U.S.": The Crafted with Pride
in the USA Campaign Chapter 7: Looking Beyond Our Borders: The Industry in
the Era of NAFTA and GATT Chapter 8: A Tidal Wave: The Collapse of the
Industry in the New Millennium Chapter 9: Fighting Back: Lowell,
Massachusetts and the Long Battle against Deindustrialization in the North
Chapter 10: "It Knocked This City to Its Knees": A Case Study of
Deindustrialization in Kannapolis, North Carolina Epilogue Bibliography