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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"A Washington Post reporter's intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors' assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin--Paul Ryan's hometown--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 factory stills--but it's not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock of vanished jobs, but few stay around long...
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English
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Harlan Crownover, scion of a great family of carriage makers, battles with his father to invest in a company run by Henry Ford, during Detroit's conversion to becoming the Motor City. Desperate for funds, Harlan turns to Big Jim Dolan, the Midwest's most powerful political boss, and Sal Borneo, a visionary Mafioso struggling to bring the commerce of vice into the new century. Allies at first, Harlan soon discovers how quickly friends can become
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Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Steve Miller has a knack for taking over companies just before they are about to smash into a wall," the Wall Street Journal observed. "In fact, it is his specialty." For thirty years---beginning with the legendary Chrysler bailout, which he negotiated as a key member of Lee Iacocca's team, to the revival of the U.S. steel industry---Miller has done the messy, unpleasant work of salvaging America's lost companies ...
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English
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It is the 1950's in Detroit and Connie Minor has the job of selling the Edsel to America. Before he can start, he's hit with a hardball proposition from union leader Walter Reuther and a zealous politician. Minor dives into the Detroit underworld of mobsters, wrestlers, and ex-cops, where he finds someone with deadly plans for Henry Ford's dream.
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 sound file)
Language
English
Description
Self-driving cars sound fantastical and futuristic and yet they'll soon be on every street in America. Whether it's Tesla's Autopilot, Google's Waymo, Mercedes's Distronic, or Uber's modified Volvos, companies around the world are developing autonomous cars. But why? And what will they mean for the auto industry and humanity at large? In Robot, Take the Wheel, famed automotive expert Jason Torchinsky gives a colorful account of the development of...
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