03136nam 2200553 450 991079216040332120230803222450.01-62894-062-X(CKB)2560000000148354(EBL)1678731(SSID)ssj0001181388(PQKBManifestationID)12479558(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181388(PQKBWorkID)11143225(PQKB)11458637(MiAaPQ)EBC1678731(Au-PeEL)EBL1678731(CaPaEBR)ebr10859803(OCoLC)877868757(EXLCZ)99256000000014835420140428h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe fall of an American Rome deindustrialization of the American dream /Quentin R. Skrabec JrNew York :Algora Publishing,2014.©20141 online resource (216 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-62894-060-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Chapter 1. The Prelude - The Mont Pèlerin Society; Chapter 2. America's Different Path; Chapter 3. America's First De-Industrialization; Chapter 4. A New World Order; The Effects of Rising Fuel Prices; Chapter 5. Lordstown, The Rouge, and Conneaut; Chapter 6. And the Wolf Finally Came - the 1970's; Chapter 7. Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley Falls; Chapter 8. For Whom the Bell Tolls - The Year 1982; Chapter 9. Rubber Falls; Chapter 10. The Mon Valley Collapses; Chapter 11. The Heartland Feels the Pain; Chapter 12. Barbarians at the Gate in DetroitChapter 13. De-Industrialization of an American Company - Jones & Laughlin (aka LTV)Chapter 14. Mont Pèlerin's Camelot in the 1990's; Chapter 15. Who Killed Saturn?; Chapter 16. Tale of the Last Two Cities; Chapter 17. A Post Industrial Age?; Chapter 18. Maybe We Need to Revisit a Whig Party Platform?; Timeline; BibliographyThis is the story of the de-industrialization of America, written by a Business professor with a background in steel company management who grew up in the city of Pittsburgh and loved its manufacturing environment. The book is based on the facts and aims to avoid any partisan political viewpoint - which is not as difficult as it may seem, since both U.S. political parties support free trade economics. The story does not single out the union, the workers, management, politicians, or American voters and consumers, since there is plenty of blame to share. Even the economic policy of the country...DeindustrializationUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic policy21st centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions21st centuryDeindustrialization338.973Skrabec Quentin R.876756MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792160403321The fall of an American Rome3850159UNINA