Overview
While the background and context of the book is the current crisis in the American automobile industry, the focus is on Kokomo, home to three generations of autoworkers. This is the story of the union leaders, the salaried plant managers, the elected local officials as well as ordinary citizens of the town. In telling their story, the authors succinctly explain how the Detroit autombobile industry stumbled and how this affected millions of people in the US, Canada and Mexico. The populist narrative is ultimately an exhortation to save the stumbling industry.
Full Product Details
Author: Abe Aamidor ,
Ted Evanoff
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
Imprint: ECW Press,Canada
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.758kg
ISBN: 9781550229042
ISBN 10: 1550229044
Pages: 390
Publication Date: 01 March 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book is for those interested in a people-focused perspective of Detroit's collapse. It will complement the deeper look into the turning points in U.S. auto industry history provided by Paul Ingrassia's Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster. -- Library Journal This book is at once an American industrial history, financial assessment, cultural analysis, economic inspection, and global forecast. Evanoff and Aamidor's work deserves praise for its meticulous reporting and thorough research. -- Christian Science Monitor
This book is at once an American industrial history, financial assessment, cultural analysis, economic inspection, and global forecast. Evanoff and Aamidor's work deserves praise for its meticulous reporting and thorough research. -- Christian Science Monitor
Author Information
Abe Aamidor is an award-winning journalist and a former reporter for the ""St. Louis Globe-Democrat,"" ""Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette,"" and the ""Indianapolis Star"" newspapers. He is the author of ""Chuck Taylor, All Star"" and ""Shooting Star: The Rise and Fall of the British Motorcycle Industry"" and is a former journalism professor at Southern Illinois University, Georgia Southern University, and Indiana University. He lives in Carmel, Indiana. Ted Evanoff is a newspaper reporter who has received more than two dozen reporting awards for writing about the automobile industry, manufacturing, and economic development. He is a former automotive writer at the ""Detroit Free Press"" and is currently the economics reporter for the ""Indianapolis Star."" He lives in Zionsville, Indiana.
