Boom, bust, exodus
the Rust Belt, the maquilas, and a tale of two cities
Tells the story of those left behind in Galesburg, Illinois, after the Maytag Corporation closed the doors on its refrigerator plant, moving it to Mexico, while discussing the transformation of Reynosa, Mexico, a small town on the American border, that received the manufacturing plant.
Oxford University Press
2015
9780199765614
book
- maytag corporation
- employees
- galesburg (ill.)
- economic conditions
- reynosa (tamaulipas, mexico)
- social conditions
- working class
- galesburg
- reynosa (tamaulipas)
- offshore assembly industry
- globalization
- social aspects
- history / united states / general
- history / united states / 20th century
- history / united states / state & local / midwest (ia, il, in, ks, mi, mn, mo, nd, ne, oh, sd, wi)
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| 1319259 | 4984302 | 2319 | 610667 | 807473 | PEHS | 370 | PEHS51877 | 330.9773 BRO | 330.97 | 1581465224 | 1736518457 |