Janesville: An American Story (A Business Award-Winner)

Janesville: An American Story (A Business Award-Winner)

* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prizeâ€‹ * 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017 * An Economist Best Book of 2017 * A Business Insider Best Book of 2017 *

â€œA gripping story of psychological defeat and resilienceâ€ (Bob Woodward, The Washington Post)â€”an intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class.

This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its main factory shuts downâ€”but itâ€™s not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long enough to notice what happens next when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up.

Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning reporter Amy Goldstein spent years immersed in Janesville, Wisconsin, where the nationâ€™s oldest operating General Motors assembly plant shut down in the midst of the Great Recession. Now, with intelligence, sympathy, and insight into what connects and divides people in an era of economic upheaval, Goldstein shows the consequences of one of Americaâ€™s biggest political issues. Her reporting takes the reader deep into the lives of autoworkers, educators, bankers, politicians, and job re-trainers to show why itâ€™s so hard in the twenty-first century to recreate a healthy, prosperous working class.

â€œMoving and magnificently well-researched...Janesville joins a growing family of books about the evisceration of the working class in the United States. What sets it apart is the sophistication of its storytelling and analysisâ€ (Jennifer Senior, The New York Times).

â€œAnyone tempted to generalize about the American working class ought to meet the people in Janesville. The reporting behind this book is extraordinary and the storyâ€”a stark, heartbreaking reminder that political ideologies have real consequencesâ€”is told with rare sympathy and insightâ€ (Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author of The Soul of a New Machine).
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-04-18
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-04-18
Format	Kindle eBook

Janesville: An American Story (A Business Award-Winner)

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