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Get the Summary Amy Goldstein's Janesville in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Janesville is a city in the state of Wisconsin with a population of nearly 65,000. For 85 years, it was the site of the construction of General Motors' Chevrolet Tahoe cars. Until 2008, when televisions from around the world came to film its last moments, just two days before Christmas. It is the city's second...
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Summary of Amy Goldstein's Janesville details the hardships that befell a Wisconsin city of 63,000 people after General Motors (GM) halted production at the Janesville Assembly Plant on December 23, 2008.
For years, rumors circulated that Janesville Assembly, which provided generational economic security for the town, was bound for shutdown…
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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...