When A Steel Plant Comes To Town
What a $15 billion steel plant asks of a shrinking rural county, from the workforce pipeline to the longer odds of manufacturing-led revival.
Optimized for books about Understanding how a large new manufacturing plant affects rural economies, workforce training, and community revitalization.
Hollowing Out the MiddlePatrick J. Carr, Maria J. KefalasExplains long-term demographic and economic decline in small towns and what it takes to stabilize local populations and...Shelf signal: Rural Life
Factory ManBeth MacyNarrative account of saving manufacturing jobs that shows practical business and community strategies for keeping...Shelf signal: Business Lives
Made in the USAVaclav SmilClear economic and technical history of American manufacturing that situates why a mega-plant is unusual and what...Shelf signal: Manufacturing Industry
The U.s. Steel Industry in Recurrent CrisisRobert Crandall, Robert W. CrandallFocused analysis of structural crises in the U.S. steel industry and policy options relevant to a new domestic steel...Shelf signal: Manufacturing Industry
The Titanium EconomyAsutosh Padhi, Gaurav BatraArgues for manufacturing as a driver of regional economic resurgence and discusses modern industrial competitiveness.Shelf signal: Manufacturing Industry
Storm LakeArt CullenLocal journalism lens on Midwestern communities that illustrates how small newspapers and civic institutions respond to...Shelf signal: Midwest History