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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790762303321

Autore

Koistinen David

Titolo

Confronting decline : the political economy of deindustrialization in twentieth-century New England / / David Koistinen ; Foreword by Timothy J. Minchin and Richard Greenwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8130-4698-X

0-8130-4859-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Working in the Americas

Altri autori (Persone)

MinchinTimothy J

GreenwaldRichard A

Disciplina

338.4/76770097470904

Soggetti

Textile industry - New England - History

Textile industry - Massachusetts - History

Deindustrialization - New England - History

New England Economic conditions

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

Deindustrialization in New England -- Retrenchment -- Federal assistance -- Economic development -- Small business financing in mid-Twentieth-century New England -- Small business finance and electronics spinoff companies along Route 128 -- Responses to deindustrialization in New England during the cold war years -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Focuses on Massachusetts textile industries to understand the process of deindustrialization and three common responses to it: cutbacks in regulation, federal intervention, and economic development.