Chad Broughton

Boom, Bust, Exodus

The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Following the story of the story of the displacement of a Maytag refrigerator plant from Galesburg, Illinois, to Reynosa, Mexico in 2004, Boom, Bust, Exodus puts a human face on globalization, exploring the social side of the fast-moving changes sweeping across the U.S. and Mexico.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780190608866
• ISBN-10: 0190608862
• Artikelnr.: 47863706

Autorenporträt

Chad Broughton is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Chapter 1: Boom Days in Appliance City
Chapter 2: Unrest in the Magic Valley
Chapter 3: An American Classic in the Global Era
Chapter 4: The Red-headed Stepchild
Chapter 5: Padre Mike and NAFTA Man
Chapter 6: Resist or Reinvent
Chapter 7: "Sin Maíz, No Hay País"
Chapter 8: "The End is HERE!"
Chapter 9: The Mike Allen Question
Chapter 10: Chiles, Coyotes, and Vanilla
Chapter 11: Frogs, Mules, and Life after Maytag
Chapter 12: "Esa es Mi Visión"
Chapter 13: Looking North from Barra de Cazones
Chapter 14: Getting Back to Work in the 'Burg
Chapter 15: Hojas, Blackberries, and the Tortilla King
Chapter 16: Treading Water in the Great Recession
Chapter 17: Little Detroit, El Cartel, and Aguamiel
Chapter 18: Reshoring Up
Epilogue
Notes on Method
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index