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<p>Thirty-two million Americans have lost jobs because of permanent factory closings since 1970. Gregory Pappas here provides an intimate account of the economic, social, psychological, and medical consequences of one such closing.</p><p>Once known as "the magic city" of economic opportunity, Barberton, Ohio, is an industrial working-class town of second- and third-generation factory workers. When the Seiberling tire plant in Barberton was closed in 1980, over 1200 jobs were eliminated. Drawing
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- Author
- Pappas, Gregory
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501724695
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Economics, Anthropology, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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