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

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Koistinen, David

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BookSeries: Working in the AmericasPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]Copyright date: �2014Description: 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780813048598 (e-book)

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Confronting decline : the political economy of deindustrialization in twentieth-century New England.DDC classification:

338.4/76770097470904 23

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HD9857.N36 K65 2014eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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