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The sack of Detroit : General Motors and the end of American enterprise

Summary: "A provocative, ground-breaking history of the downfall of the American auto industry from the widely praised author of Herbert Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times"--

Item details

ISBN: 9780525521679
ISBN: 0525521674
ISBN: 9780525563426
ISBN: 0525563423
Physical Description: print
viii, 418 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

American berserks -- All roads lead to Detroit -- Bursts of untamed idealism -- The plague of the twentieth century -- The rise of the honkers -- Savior sans tailfins -- "This means taking on Detroit" -- Head of the clan, at sea -- "I intend to be a crusader" -- Something stupid -- Anarchy on wheels -- Exposed -- Playing a losing hand -- Kill shot -- No defects, no negligence -- The death of Alfred P. Sloan -- The end of Detroit -- Avoidable deaths -- The end of American enterprise.

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Subject:

General Motors Corporation History
Automobile industry and trade United States History
Detroit (Mich.) History 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Automobile Industry
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
General Motors Corporation.
Automobile industry and trade
Michigan Detroit
United States

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History.

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