Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism
by Richard C. Longworth
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Author: Richard C. LongworthEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-26
ISBN: 1596914130
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
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Book Review: Solid data and final chapter recommendations deliver!
Summary: 4 Stars
I recommend Caught in the Middle because Longworth uses lots of data to make his points and get the reader to understand the history of the midwest and the challenges that lie ahead. There are several chapters in the middle of the book that kept me from giving a 5 star rating, they are simply not as compelling as the first few and the last. The last chapter offers insightful and practical solutions. In my case, I used the data in the book to create some excitement around a regional initiative we are trying to begin in Michigan, the one state where new initiatives and collaboration is needed as we face severe economic challenges.
Summary of Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism
A sharp, brilliantly reported look at how globalization is changing America from the inside out.
The Midwest has always been the heart of America-both its economic bellwether and the repository of its national identity. Now, in a new, globalized age, the Midwest is challenged as never before. With an influx of immigrant workers and an outpouring of manufacturing jobs, the region that defines the American self- the Lake Wobegon image of solid, hardworking farmers and factory hands-is changing at breakneck speed. As factory farms and global forces displace old ways of life, the United States is being transformed literally from the inside out.
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In Caught in the Middle, longtime Chicago Tribune reporter Richard C. Longworth explores the new reality of life in today's heartland and reveals what these changes mean for the region-and the country. Ranging from the manufacturing collapse that has crippled the Midwest to the biofuels revolution that may save it, and from the school districts struggling with new immigrants to the Iowa meatpacking town that can't survive without them, Longworth addresses what's right and what's wrong in the region, and offers a prescription for how it must change-politically as well as economically-if it is to survive and prosper.
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