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Author Minchin, Timothy J.

Title Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry / Timothy Minchin
Published Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]
Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield, [2013]
©2013

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Description xii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents A troubled industry in an era of prosperity -- Mobilizing against the import threat -- Import escalation and the build-up to H.R. 1562 -- The most important battle : the fight to pass the 1985 Textile Bill -- A resounding blow : the 1987 and 1990 textile bills -- Us is spelled U.S. : the crafted with pride in the USA campaign -- Looking beyond our borders : the industry in the era of NAFTA and GATT -- A tidal wave : the collapse of the industry in the new millennium -- Fighting back : lowell, massachusetts and the long battle against deindustrialization in the north -- It knocked this city to its knees : a case study of deindustrialization in Kannapolis, North Carolina
Analysis Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Clothing trade -- United States.
Deindustrialization -- United States.
Free trade -- United States.
Imports -- United States.
Textile industry -- Government policy -- United States.
Textile industry -- United States.
LC no. 2012045157
ISBN 9781442220829 (hardback)
(electronic)