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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463032103321

Autore

Minchin Timothy J

Titolo

Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry / / Timothy J. Minchin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-4422-2083-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/767700973

Soggetti

Textile industry - United States

Textile industry - Government policy - United States

Clothing trade - United States

Deindustrialization - United States

Imports - United States

Free trade - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Deindustrialization has had a profound effect on both the textile and apparel industry. In Empty Mills, Timothy Minchin documents how both industries have suffered since WWII and the unwavering efforts of industry supporters to prevent that decline.