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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Working in the AmericasPublisher: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813048598 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Confronting decline : the political economy of deindustrialization in twentieth-century New England.DDC classification:
  • 338.4/76770097470904 23
LOC classification:
  • HD9857.N36 K65 2014eb
Online resources:
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.

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.

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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