Boom, Bust, Exodus - The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two Cities

Zusatztext As the economic watchword of the millennium, globalization is a cliche. But this story reveals the truly local results of this phenomenon. Though there aren't a lot of winners on the front lines, as in any good Dickens narrative, this tale shows that the human spirit rises above would-be captors. Informationen zum Autor Chad Broughton is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy Studies and Faculty Director of the Chicago Studies Program at the University of Chicago. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Chad Broughton, Broughton Chad
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2015
• EAN: 9780199765614
• ISBN: 978-0-19-976561-4
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Education and learning > Vocational and technical college books; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Mexico, Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, International Economics, United States of America, USA, Economics of industrial organisation, Economics of industrial organization