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America the Gutted

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Date Added to MERLOT: February 11, 2013
Date Modified in MERLOT: April 16, 2013
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Submitter : michael miller

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"America the Gutted" focuses on the corporate relocation of decent jobs to various places in Asia, and the subsequent undermining of the American middle class. It is a GlobalPost collection of videos and articles specifically examining outsourcing within the denim and structural steel manufacturing industries of North Carolina and the U.S. northwest, and the social and economic effects of such manufacturing losses on local populations. Considers also the impact of new industrial jobs in Asian communities.    


Keywords:
globalization, middle class, jobs, unemployment, deindustrialization

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Primary Audience: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language: Eastern Frisian, English
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