Boom, bust, exodus : the Rust Belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities

Boom, bust, exodus : the Rust Belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities /

"In 2002, the town of Galesburg, a slowly declining Rustbelt city of 34,000 in western Illinois, learned that it would soon lose its largest factory, a Maytag refrigerator plant that had anchored Galesburg's social and economic life for half a century. Workers at the plant earned $15.14 an...

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Main Author: Broughton, Chad (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015
Subjects:
Maytag Corporation > Employees.
Working class > Illinois > Galesburg.
Working class > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Offshore assembly industry > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Globalization > Social aspects > Illinois > Galesburg.
Globalization > Social aspects > Mexico > Reynosa (Tamaulipas)
Galesburg (Ill.) > Economic conditions.
Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > Economic conditions.
Galesburg (Ill.) > Social conditions.
Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > Social conditions.
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