The Half-Life of Deindustrialization: Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring

by Sherry Lee Linkon

Book Overview

Starting in the late 1970s, tens of thousands of American industrial workers lost jobs in factories and mines. Deindustrialization had dramatic effects on those workers and their communities, but its longterm effects continue to ripple through working-class culture. Economic restructuring changed the experience of work, disrupted people's sense of self, reshaped local landscapes, and redefined community identities and expectations. Through it all,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472073796
• ISBN13: 9780472073795
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"