Title The sack of Detroit : General Motors and the end of American enterprise / Kenneth Whyte.

Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
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Edition	First edition.
Description	viii, 418 pages ; 25 cm
Note	"This is a Borzoi book"
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	American berserks -- All roads lead to Detroit -- Bursts of untamed idealism -- The plague of the twentieth century -- The rise of the honkers -- Savior sans tailfins -- "This means taking on Detroit" -- Head of the clan, at sea -- "I intend to be a crusader" -- Something stupid -- Anarchy on wheels -- Exposed -- Playing a losing hand -- Kill shot -- No defects, no negligence -- The death of Alfred P. Sloan -- The end of Detroit -- Avoidable deaths -- The end of American enterprise.
Summary	"A provocative, ground-breaking history of the downfall of the American auto industry from the widely praised author of Herbert Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	General Motors Corporation -- History.
	Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History.
	Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Automobile Industry.
	HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
	General Motors Corporation. (OCoLC)fst00534871
	Automobile industry and trade. (OCoLC)fst00822961
	Michigan -- Detroit. (OCoLC)fst01205010
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Whyte, Kenneth. Sack of Detroit First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021] 9780525521686 (DLC) 2020042696
ISBN	9780525521679 hardcover
	0525521674 hardcover
	9780525563426 paperback
	0525563423 paperback

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