Power Steering: Global Automakers and the Transformation of Rural Communities

by Michele M. Hoyman

Book Overview

In Marysville, Ohio; Georgetown, Kentucky; and Smyrna and Spring Hill, Tennessee, life will never again be the same. Once small rural communities, they're now boom towns--thanks to Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Saturn.

It's happening all over America: communities desperate for economic development lure large companies looking for a docile labor force, cheap real estate, and an alternative to the regulations of cities. But what happens to a small...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608192
• ISBN13: 9780700608195
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"