04668cam a22005178i 4500 23027130 BJBSDDR 20241128160524.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 230316s2024 nyu ob 001 0 eng 2023009053 9780593316887 (hardcover) 0593316886 (hardcover) DLC eng DLC rda eng pcc n-us--- HD 9855 S631m 2024 338.4767700973 Slade, Rachel 39629 Making it in America : the almost impossible quest to manufacture in the U.S.A. (and how it got that way) / Rachel Slade. New York : Pantheon Books, 2024 xiii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Illustrations on endpapers Includes bibliographical references and index. Preamble : The traffic jam that never ends Introduction : The high cost of cheap stuff Maine roots The kid is okay Greed is a real thing Witness She's outta your league Reboot Let's make something Game on New Americans a brief history of the hoodie Just pull it and it's done 54 operations Can you make 5000? The fabric king of 38th Street Follow the river It takes Chutzpah Pandemic panic along Route 66 We'll come back We gotta shut up and listen An omen Cornering the cotton market Labor pains Your job is to produce The never-ending quest for smart money "From the best-selling author of Into the Raging Sea comes a moving and eye-opening look at the story of manufacturing in America, whether it can ever successfully return to our shores, and why doing so is vital to our well-being as a nation, told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry, ethically. Ben and Whitney Waxman are two tireless idealists trying to do the impossible: make an American-made, union-made, all American-sourced sweatshirt. Ben spent a decade in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Wisconsin fighting for working men and women at a time when national support for unions had sunk to an all-time low. Paralyzed by depression and a drug addiction, Ben lands back in his hometown of Portland, Maine, forced to rebuild his life from scratch. There, he meets Whitney, a bartender wrestling with her own troubled past. In each other, they see a better future, a version of the American dream they can build together. The Waxman's quest will take us across the nation and across time, from the cotton fields of Mississippi to New York City's hollowed-out garment district to a family-owned zipper company in Los Angeles to the enormous knit-and-dye factories in North Carolina. Tracing the life of a hoodie from the cotton fields to the sewing machine to the convention floor. It will also take us through the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and what this means for the future of American manufacturing. American Hoodie offers a fascinating take on global politics, trade, economics, ethics, and industrial history told through textiles. Woven through the Waxmans' story is the essential history of textiles and its critical role in shaping capitalism. It was the demand for cheap cloth that sparked the industrial revolution, and it was the brutality of the textile industry that first drove workers to organize. American Hoodie is a deeply personal account of how politics and economics shape all of us. Each touchpoint casts a rare, compassionate look at what came before, where we are now, and where we're going-through the people, places, and ecologies that produce the fabric of our lives"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Textile industry United States History. Industria textil Historia Estados Unidos 39679 Clothing trade United States History, Industria del vestido Comercio Estados Unidos 13463 Free trade History. Libre comercio Historia 3686 Labor unions United States History. Sindicatos Estados Unidos Historia 39188 Print version: Slade, Rachel. American hoodie New York : Pantheon Books, [2023] 9780593316887 (DLC) 2023009052 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK sba 122476 122476 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2024-11-26 0 HD 9855 S631m 2024 00000188016 2024-11-26 00:00:00 1 2024-11-26 BK