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Author:
Minchin, Timothy J.
Title:
Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry / Timothy J. Minchin.
Publisher:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
xii, 333 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Textile industry--United States.
Textile industry--Government policy--United States.
Clothing trade--United States.
Deindustrialization--United States.
Imports--United States.
Free trade--United States.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
144222083X (electronic)
9781442220836 (electronic)
1442220821 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442220829 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)800034449
LCCN:
2012045157
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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