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Janesville : an American story / Amy Goldstein.
Author
Goldstein, Amy, 1957-
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Language
English
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Published/Created
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
©2017
Description
xiii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HD5708.55.U62 J36 2017
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Subject(s)
Automobile industry and trade
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Wisconsin
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Janesville (Wis.)
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Economic conditions
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21st century
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General Motors Corporation
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History
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History
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Summary note
"A Washington Post reporter's intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors' assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin-Paul Ryan's hometown-and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class."--Amazon.com
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 317-341) and index.
Contents
Part one. 2008
A ringing phone
The carp swimming on Main Street
Craig
A retirement party
Change in August
To the Renaissance Center
Mom, what are you going to do?
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens"
The Parker closet
Part two. 2009
Rock County 5.0
The fourth last day
Bidding war
Sonic speed
What does a union man do?
Blackhawk
Ahead of the class
A plan and distress signals
The holiday food drive
Part three. 2010
Last days of Parker Pen
Becoming a gypsy
Family is more important that GM
Honor cords
The day the White House comes to town
Labor Fest 2010
Project 16:49
Figuring it out
Bags of hope
Part four. 1022
The ambassador of optimism
The opposite of a jailer
This is what democracy looks like
On Janesville time
Pride and fear
Labor Fest 2011
Discovering the closet
After the overnight shift
Late night a Woodman's
Part five. 2012
SHINE
Janesville gypsies
A charity gap
Gypsy kids
Recall
A rough summer
The candidate
Labor Fest 2012
Pill bottles
Circle of women
First voe
HealthNet
Out of a job again
Part six. 2013
Two Janesvilles
Night drive
The ebb and flow of work
Glass more than half full
Graduation weekend
Epilogue.
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ISBN
9781501102233 ((hardback))
1501102230 ((hardback))
9781501102264 ((pbk))
1501102265 ((pbk))
LCCN
2016056605
OCLC
967580235
Other standard number
40027157099
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