Confronting decline : the political economy of deindustrialization in twentieth-century New England /
David Koistinen ; Foreword by Timothy J. Minchin and Richard Greenwald.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations
- Working in the Americas .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Deindustrialization in New England -- Retrenchment -- Federal assistance -- Economic development -- Small business financing in mid-Twentieth-century New England -- Small business finance and electronics spinoff companies along Route 128 -- Responses to deindustrialization in New England during the cold war years -- Conclusions.
Focuses on Massachusetts textile industries to understand the process of deindustrialization and three common responses to it: cutbacks in regulation, federal intervention, and economic development.
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Textile industry--History.--New England Textile industry--History.--Massachusetts Deindustrialization--History.--New England