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Author:

Whyte, Kenneth, author.

Title:

The sack of Detroit : General Motors and the end of American enterprise / Kenneth Whyte.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

viii, 418 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

General Motors Corporation--History.
Automobile industry and trade--United States--History.
Detroit (Mich.)--History--20th century.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi book" Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

American berserks -- All roads lead to Detroit -- Bursts of untamed idealism -- The plague of the twentieth century -- The rise of the honkers -- Savior sans tailfins -- "This means taking on Detroit" -- Head of the clan, at sea -- "I intend to be a crusader" -- Something stupid -- Anarchy on wheels -- Exposed -- Playing a losing hand -- Kill shot -- No defects, no negligence -- The death of Alfred P. Sloan -- The end of Detroit -- Avoidable deaths -- The end of American enterprise.

Summary:

"A provocative, ground-breaking history of the downfall of the American auto industry from the widely praised author of Herbert Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0525563423
9780525563426
0525521674
9780525521679

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1194869497

LCCN:

2020042695

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)