| Descript |
xiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Illustrations on endpapers. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-317) and index. |
| Contents |
Preamble: The traffic jam that never ends -- Introduction: The high cost of cheap stuff -- Maine roots -- The kid is okay -- Greed is a real thing -- Witness -- She's outta your league -- Reboot -- Let's make something -- Game on -- New Americans -- a brief history of the hoodie -- Just pull it and it's done -- 54 operations -- Can you make 5000? -- The fabric king of 38th Street -- Follow the river -- It takes Chutzpah -- Pandemic panic along Route 66 -- We'll come back -- We gotta shut up and listen -- An omen -- Cornering the cotton market -- Labor pains -- Your job is to produce -- The never-ending quest for smart money -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Meet Ben and Whitney Waxman, two tireless idealists attempting to do the impossible: produce an American-made, union-made, all American-sourced sweatshirt--an American hoodie. Ben spent a decade organizing workers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin, fighting for Americans at a time when national support for unions had sunk to an all-time low. Struggling with depression and a drug dependency, Ben lands back in his hometown of Portland, Maine, desperate to prove that ethical manufacturing is possible. There, he meets Whitney, a bartender wrestling with her own complicated past. In each other they see a better future, a version of the American dream they can build together. Making It in America is a deeply personal account of one couple's quest to change the world. As they navigate private struggles, international trade wars, and a global pandemic, their story carries us across the nation and across time, from the cotton fields of Mississippi to New York City's hollowed-out garment district to a family-owned zipper company in Los Angeles to the enormous knit-and-dye factories in North Carolina. Throughout, we grapple with what "Made in the USA" really means to Americans in the twenty-first century." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
W3NF |
| Subject |
Textile industry -- United States -- History.
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Clothing trade -- United States -- History.
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Free trade -- History.
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Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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| Genre |
Informational works.
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| Alt Title |
Almost impossible quest to manufacture in the U.S.A. and how it got that way |
| ISBN |
9780593316887 (hardcover) |
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0593316886 |
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