Caught in the Middle America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism

by Longworth, Richard C.

• ISBN13: 9781596915909
• ISBN10: 1596915900
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-04
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

The Midwest has always been the heart of America - both its economic bellwether and the repository of its national identity. Now, in a new, globalized age, the Midwest faces dire challenges to its economic viability, having suffered greatly before and as a result of the recent market collapse. In Caught in the Middle, veteran journalist Richard C. Longworth explores how globalization has battered the region and how some communities are confronting new realities. From vanished manufacturing jobs to the biofuels revolution, and from the school districts struggling with new immigrants to the Iowa meatpacking town that can't survive without them, Longworth surveys what's right and what's wrong in the heartland, and offers a tough prescription for survival. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Now a fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Richard C. Longworth was an award-winning foreign correspondent and senior writer at the Chicago Tribune. His previous book, Global Squeeze, was lauded by Foreign Affairs as “an engrossing study of how advanced societies grapple with the disruptive forces of global markets.” Twice a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Longworth lives in Chicago.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Caught in the Middle	p. 5
The Midwest and the Globe	p. 16
From Rust to Bust	p. 26
Unplugged	p. 43
Mega-Farmers	p. 62
From Hometown to Slum	p. 82
The New Midwesterners	p. 101
New Blood for Cities	p. 123
Global Chicago and Other Cities	p. 144
Left Behind	p. 168
Flunking Out	p. 176
Betting the Farm	p. 198
The Blue and the Red	p. 221
Global Midwest	p. 245
Epilogue	p. 265
Postscript	p. 269
Acknowledgments	p. 276
Notes	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 299
Index	p. 303
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