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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]

1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9781442220836 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781442220829 (cloth : alk. paper)

Print version: Minchin, Timothy J. Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013] xii, 333 pages ISBN 9781442220829

Includes bibliographical references and index

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.

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(OCoLC)858231087