Print version: Koistinen, David. Confronting decline : the political economy of deindustrialization in twentieth-century New England. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014] xii, 331 pages Working in the Americas ISBN 9780813049076
Includes bibliographical references 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..