Who We Are Is Where We Are: Making Home in the American Rust Belt

by Amanda McMillan Lequieu

Half a century ago, deindustrialization gutted blue-collar jobs in the American Midwest. But today, these places are not ghost towns. People still call these communities home, even as they struggle with unemployment, poverty, and other social and economic crises. Why do people remain in declining areas through difficult circumstances? What do their choices tell us about rootedness in a time of flux?

Through the cases of the former steel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231198744
• ISBN13: 9780231198745
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"