Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry / Timothy J. Minchin.

By: Minchin, Timothy JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]Copyright date: 2013Description: 1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781442220836Subject(s): Textile industry -- United States | Textile industry -- Government policy -- United States | Clothing trade -- United States | Deindustrialization -- United States | Imports -- United States | Free trade -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry.DDC classification: 338.4/767700973 LOC classification: HD9855 | .M53 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
A troubled industry in an era of prosperity -- Mobilizing against the import threat -- Import escalation and the build-up to H.R. 1562 -- The most important battle : the fight to pass the 1985 Textile Bill -- A resounding blow : the 1987 and 1990 textile bills -- Us is spelled U.S. : the crafted with pride in the USA campaign -- Looking beyond our borders : the industry in the era of NAFTA and GATT -- A tidal wave : the collapse of the industry in the new millennium -- Fighting back : lowell, massachusetts and the long battle against deindustrialization in the north -- It knocked this city to its knees : a case study of deindustrialization in Kannapolis, North Carolina.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A troubled industry in an era of prosperity -- Mobilizing against the import threat -- Import escalation and the build-up to H.R. 1562 -- The most important battle : the fight to pass the 1985 Textile Bill -- A resounding blow : the 1987 and 1990 textile bills -- Us is spelled U.S. : the crafted with pride in the USA campaign -- Looking beyond our borders : the industry in the era of NAFTA and GATT -- A tidal wave : the collapse of the industry in the new millennium -- Fighting back : lowell, massachusetts and the long battle against deindustrialization in the north -- It knocked this city to its knees : a case study of deindustrialization in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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