The Sack of Detroit : : General Motors and the end of American Enterprise
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American berserks -- All roads lead to Detroit -- Bursts of untamed idealism -- The plague of the twentieth century -- The rise of the honkers -- Savior sans tailfins -- "This means taking on Detroit" -- Head of the clan, at sea -- "I intend to be a crusader" -- Something stupid -- Anarchy on wheels -- Exposed -- Playing a losing hand -- Kill shot -- No defects, no negligence -- The death of Alfred P. Sloan -- The end of Detroit -- Avoidable deaths -- The end of American enterprise.
"A provocative, ground-breaking history of the downfall of the American auto industry from the widely praised author of Herbert Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: viii, 418 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780525521679
0525521674
9780525563426
0525563423
SUBJECTS
General Motors Corporation -- History.
Automobile industry and trade -- United States -- History.
Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century.