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Caught in the middle : America's heartland in the age of globalism / Richard C. Longworth.

Longworth, Richard C.
2008
338.977 L859c 2008
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Title
Caught in the middle : America's heartland in the age of globalism / Richard C. Longworth.
Author
Longworth, Richard C.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN
9781596914131
1596914130
Imprint
New York : Bloomsbury ; [New York] : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
Language
English
Description
ix, 307 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Call Number
338.977 L859c 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)154782350
(OCoLC)154782350
Summary
"Richard Longworth explores the new realities of life in America's heartland, uncovering what these changes mean for the region and the country. In the process, he covers everything from the manufacturing collapse that has crippled the Midwest to the biofuels revolution that may save it, and from the school districts struggling with new immigrants to the Iowa meatpacking towns that can't survive without them. The results, which are often surprising, add up to a portrait of a vast and influential segment of America's economy and culture that goes almost entirely ignored in the national media" --Dust jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Caught in the middle
The Midwest and the globe
From rust to bust
Unplugged
Mega-farmers
From hometown to slum
The new Midwesterners
New blood for cities
Global Chicago and other cities
Left behind
Flunking out
Betting the farm
The blue and the red
Global Midwest.
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