Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of

Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism
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A sharp, brilliantly reported look at how globalization is changing America from the inside out.
The Midwest has always been the heart of Americaâ‚¬"both its economic bellwether and the repository of its national identity. Now, in a new, globalized age, the Midwest is challenged as never before. With an influx of immigrant workers and an outpouring of manufacturing jobs, the region that defines the American selfâ‚¬" the Lake Wobegon image of solid, hardworking farmers and factory handsâ‚¬"is changing at breakneck speed. As factory farms and global forces displace old ways of life, the United States is being transformed literally from the inside out.
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In Caught in the Middle, longtime Chicago Tribune reporter Richard C. Longworth explores the new reality of life in todayâ‚¬s heartland and reveals what these changes mean for the regionâ‚¬"and the country. Ranging from the manufacturing collapse that has crippled the Midwest to the biofuels revolution that may save it, and from the school districts struggling with new immigrants to the Iowa meatpacking town that canâ‚¬t survive without them, Longworth addresses whatâ‚¬s right and whatâ‚¬s wrong in the region, and offers a prescription for how it must changeâ‚¬"politically as well as economicallyâ‚¬"if it is to survive and prosper.
Country USA
Brand Bloomsbury
Manufacturer Bloomsbury USA
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-12-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781596914131

Country	USA
Brand	Bloomsbury
Manufacturer	Bloomsbury USA
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-12-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781596914131

Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism

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