Punching out : one year in a closing auto plant / Paul Clemens.
2011
HD9710.U53 D4725 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Punching out : one year in a closing auto plant / Paul Clemens.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780385521154
0385521154
0385521154
Publication Details
New York : Doubleday, c2011.
Language
English
Description
271 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
HD9710.U53 D4725 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.4/76292220977434
Summary
Clemens investigates the 2006 closing of one of America's most potent symbols: a Detroit auto plant. "Punching Out" is an up-close report from the meanest, sharpest edge of America's deindustrialization, and a lament for a working-class culture that once defined a prosperous America.
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Table of Contents
"Taint never gonna come back, McGee"
Settle labor issues
They just closed the door
Assets formerly of Budd Company Detroit
Surplus industry service providers
Picking the carcass
You from Detroit?
Settle labor issues
They just closed the door
Assets formerly of Budd Company Detroit
Surplus industry service providers
Picking the carcass
You from Detroit?