Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry

Empty mills : the fight against imports and the decline of the U.S. textile industry / Timothy J. Minchin.

Deindustrialization has had a profound effect on both the textile and apparel industry. In Empty Mills, Timothy Minchin documents how both industries have suffered since WWII and the unwavering efforts of industry supporters to prevent that decline.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Minchin, Timothy J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]
Subjects:
Textile industry > United States.
Textile industry > Government policy > United States.
Clothing trade > United States.
Deindustrialization > United States.
Imports > United States.
Free trade > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Clothing trade
Deindustrialization
Free trade
Imports
Textile industry
Textile industry > Government policy
United States
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Table of 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.

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