1960s, and then the panicky U-turn. He describes the unraveling through the experiences of both executives and workers …

then moves to the ineffective attempts to aid textile and apparel workers even as imports surged, the 1974 pivot by … policymakers and big business to institute lowered trade barriers, and the deindustrialization and economic devastation that … followed. Throughout, Benton provides the often-overlooked views of workers, executives, and federal officials who instituted …