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Janesville: An American Story

Amy Goldstein

After General Motors closes its Janesville plant, workers, families, and civic leaders pursue retraining, relocation, and new industry. Their uneven recoveries expose the lasting costs of industrial decline.

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28 parts, about 40 minutes to read.

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Author
Amy Goldstein
Parts
28 parts
Reading time
about 40 minutes
The whole book
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What the summary covers

  1. The last Tahoe1 min
  2. A Ringing Phone1 min
  3. The Carp Swimming on Main Street1 min
  4. Craig1 min
  5. A Retirement Party1 min
  6. Change in August1 min
  7. To the Renaissance Center1 min
  8. Mom, What Are You Going to Do?1 min
  9. When One Door of Happiness Closes1 min
  10. The Parker Closet1 min
  11. Rock County 5.01 min
  12. The Fourth Last Day1 min
  13. Bidding War1 min
  14. Sonic Speed1 min
  15. What Does a Union Man Do?1 min
  16. Blackhawk1 min
  17. Ahead of the Class1 min
  18. A Plan and Distress Signals1 min
  19. The Holiday Food Drive1 min
  20. Last Days of Parker Pen1 min
  21. Becoming a Gypsy1 min
  22. Family Is More Important than GM1 min
  23. Honor Cords1 min
  24. The Day the White House Comes to Town1 min
  25. Labor Fest 20101 min
  26. Project 16:491 min
  27. Figuring It Out1 min
  28. Bags of Hope13 min

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