The End of the Line

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Lost Jobs, New Lives in Postindustrial America

Kathryn Marie Dudley

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English

University of Chicago Press
23 June 1997

Poverty & unemployment; Urban communities; Employment & unemployment; Road transport industries

Series: Morality and Society Series

The End of the Line tells the story of the 1988 closing of the Chrysler assembly plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kathryn Marie Dudley uses interviews with residents to chart the often confusing process of change that deindustrialization forced on every corner of the community. This honest, moving portrait of one town's radical shift from a manufacturing to a postindustrial economy will redefine the way Americans think about our families, communities, and future.

""An excellent study not only of the cultural disruptions caused by the shutdown of Chrysler's operations in Kenosha, Wisconsin, but also of the ideology of progress that abetted the shutdown.""—Stephen Amberg, Industrial and Labor Relations Review

""With the eye of an anthropologist, [Dudley] examines the tensions between the 'culture of hands' and the 'culture of mind.' Her account is especially instructive because, by many measures, Kenosha has successfully recovered, yet for many the pain still remains.""—Booklist

""Exceptional. . . . Should be widely read.""—Douglas Harper, Contemporary Sociology

""Make[s] clear what a tenuous concept economic security is, especially when the rules for achieving security are in flux.""—Barbara Presley Noble, New York Times

By: Kathryn Marie Dudley
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 22mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780226169101
ISBN 10: 0226169103
Series: Morality and Society Series
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 23 June 1997
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kathryn Marie Dudley is assistant professor of American studies and anthropology at Yale University.

Reviews for The End of the Line: Lost Jobs, New Lives in Postindustrial America

'[Kerry McCarthy] takes us on a guided tour through Byrd's spiritual and contemplative world, with a thoroughness and authority that no previous writer can match... her book's implications for performance are profound.' - Early Music 'Kerry McCarthy's excellent book is the first devoted entirely to Gradualia... McCarthy's writing is clear and eminently readable. The book is well-presented... It is a major addition to the scholarly literature on Byrd.' - Music and Letters 'McCarthy's book stands at the vanguard of musicolgical synthesis for this period, promising to offer useful insights for analysts in adjoining disciplines' - Ecclesiastical History