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Making it in America the almost impossible quest to manufacture in the U.S.A. (and how it got that way)

"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...

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Main Author: Slade, Rachel (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, [2024]
Subjects:
Textile industry > United States > History.
Clothing trade > United States > History.
Free trade > History.
Labor unions > United States > History.
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Table of 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.

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