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

by Kathryn Marie Dudley

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226169103
• ISBN13: 9780226169101
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"