Manufacturing catastrophe: Massachusetts and the making of global capitalism, 1813 to the present

'Manufacturing Catastrophe' tracks the history of industrialization, deindustrialization, and globalization in Massachusetts over the past two centuries. It a history of wrenching economic transformation as told from the perspective of everyday people: European peasants traveling the ocean...

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Main Author: Nichols, Shaun (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2024
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:'Manufacturing Catastrophe' tracks the history of industrialization, deindustrialization, and globalization in Massachusetts over the past two centuries. It a history of wrenching economic transformation as told from the perspective of everyday people: European peasants traveling the oceans in search of industrial work, runaway factory owners venturing out in search of cheaper labor abroad, and harried local policymakers trying to recover from repeated bouts of economic cataclysm. For those concerned about the future of American industry in the face of global competition, it provides critical lessons on how some of America's pioneering industrial cities have weathered the tempests of economic upheaval and industrial rebirth
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 362 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197665350
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197665312.001.0001

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