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Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry

Title
Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry / Timothy J. Minchin.
Author
Minchin, Timothy J.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013.

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Description
xii, 333 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A troubled industry in an era of prosperity -- Mobilizing against the import threat -- Import escalation and the build-up to H.R. 1562 -- The most important battle : the fight to pass the 1985 Textile Bill -- A resounding blow : the 1987 and 1990 textile bills -- Us is spelled U.S. : the crafted with pride in the USA campaign -- Looking beyond our borders : the industry in the era of NAFTA and GATT -- A tidal wave : the collapse of the industry in the new millennium -- Fighting back : lowell, massachusetts and the long battle against deindustrialization in the north -- It knocked this city to its knees : a case study of deindustrialization in Kannapolis, North Carolina.
Call Number
JBE 13-1157
ISBN
  • 9781442220829 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1442220821 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781442220836 (electronic)
  • 144222083X (electronic)
LCCN
2012045157
OCLC
800034449
Author
Minchin, Timothy J.
Title
Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry / Timothy J. Minchin.
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JBE 13-1157
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