LEADER 03136nam 2200553 450 001 9910792160403321 005 20230803222450.0 010 $a1-62894-062-X 035 $a(CKB)2560000000148354 035 $a(EBL)1678731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001181388 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12479558 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181388 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11143225 035 $a(PQKB)11458637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1678731 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1678731 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10859803 035 $a(OCoLC)877868757 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000148354 100 $a20140428h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe fall of an American Rome $edeindustrialization of the American dream /$fQuentin R. Skrabec Jr 210 1$aNew York :$cAlgora Publishing,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62894-060-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; Chapter 1. The Prelude - The Mont Pe?lerin 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 Detroit 327 $aChapter 13. De-Industrialization of an American Company - Jones & Laughlin (aka LTV)Chapter 14. Mont Pe?lerin'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; Bibliography 330 $aThis 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... 606 $aDeindustrialization$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 615 0$aDeindustrialization 676 $a338.973 700 $aSkrabec$b Quentin R.$0876756 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792160403321 996 $aThe fall of an American Rome$93850159 997 $aUNINA