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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The End of the Line: Lost Jobs, New Lives in Postindustrial America

The End of the Line: Lost Jobs, New Lives in Postindustrial America

Dudley, Kathryn Marie

Paperback

Series: Morality and Society

General SociologyGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 0226169103
ISBN13: 9780226169101
Publisher: Univ Of Chicago Pr
Published: Jun 23 1997
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
The End of the Line tells the story of the 1988 closing of the Chrysler assembly plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kathryn Marie Dudley uses interviews with residents to chart the often confusing process of change that deindustrialization forced on every corner of the community. This honest, moving portrait of one town's radical shift from a manufacturing to a postindustrial economy will redefine the way Americans think about our families, communities, and future.

An excellent study not only of the cultural disruptions caused by the shutdown of Chrysler's operations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but also of the ideology of progress that abetted the shutdown.--Stephen Amberg, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

With the eye of an anthropologist, [Dudley] examines the tensions between the 'culture of hands' and the 'culture of mind.' Her account is especially instructive because, by many measures, Kenosha has successfully recovered, yet for many the pain still remains.--Booklist

Exceptional. . . . Should be widely read.--Douglas Harper, Contemporary Sociology

Make[s] clear what a tenuous concept economic security is, especially when the rules for achieving security are in flux.--Barbara Presley Noble, New York Times

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