A disparity exists between mainstream perception and reality with regard to American economic history. There is widespread belief among the public, media, and even some scholars that the U.S. amassed its wealth and prosperity from the adoption of exclusively free-market principles from the onset...

Introduction, Context, Cases -- Theorizing Local Development Strategies -- Patterns in the Industry - Patterns in Location -- The Industrial Recruitment of Automotive Assembly Plants in the South -- The Business of Partnerships -- The Political and Economic in Partnership -- Axiomatic? A Weird,...