Confronting decline : the political economy of deindustrialization in twentieth-century New England / David Koistinen ; Foreword by Timothy J. Minchin and Richard Greenwald.
Deindustrialization in New England -- Retrenchment -- Federal assistance -- Economic development -- Small business financing in mid-Twentieth-century New England -- Small business finance and electronics spinoff companies along Route 128 -- Responses to deindustrialization in New England during the cold war years -- Conclusions.
Summary
Focuses on Massachusetts textile industries to understand the process of deindustrialization and three common responses to it: cutbacks in regulation, federal intervention, and economic development.