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

Publication Info.	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013]
	©2013

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Description	1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	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.
Subject	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. (OCoLC)fst00864754
	Deindustrialization. (OCoLC)fst00889862
	Free trade. (OCoLC)fst00933944
	Imports. (OCoLC)fst00968197
	Textile industry. (OCoLC)fst01148828
	Textile industry -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst01148853
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form:	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 9781442220829 (DLC) 10762785
ISBN	9781442220836 (electronic bk.)
	144222083X (electronic bk.)

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