{"product_id":"janesville-an-american-story","title":"Janesville: An American Story","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eJanesville: An American Story\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAmy Goldstein\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781501102233\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e * \u003cb\u003e800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e* A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2017 * An \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2017 * A \u003ci\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2017 *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Moving and magnificently well-researched...\u003ci\u003eJanesville\u003c\/i\u003e joins a growing family of books about the evisceration of the working class in the United States. What sets it apart is the sophistication of its storytelling and analysis.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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 enough to notice what happens next, when a community with a can-do spirit tries to pick itself up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pulitzer Prize winner Amy Goldstein has spent years immersed in Janesville, Wisconsin where the nation's oldest operating General Motors plant shut down in the midst of the Great Recession, two days before Christmas of 2008. Now, with intelligence, sympathy, and insight into what connects and divides people in an era of economic upheaval, she makes one of America's biggest political issues human. Her reporting takes the reader deep into the lives of autoworkers, educators, bankers, politicians, and job re-trainers to show why it's so hard in the twenty-first century to recreate a healthy, prosperous working class. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For this is not just a Janesville story or a Midwestern story. It's an American story.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Janesville: An American Story | Amy Goldstein | Hardcover | 9781501102233 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks C 1739465","offer_id":48168747827352,"sku":"1739465","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81fOYLFe5KL.jpg?v=1771976826","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/janesville-an-american-story","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}