"Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban areas, and single-industry towns to the shock...

Introduction: Mediated immediacy : living in the now -- Of swingers and organization men : loose modernities -- Experts unbound : intimate professionals and the value of lifestyle -- Book as tool : lifestyle print culture and the West Coast publishing boom -- Being one : from knowledge to...