Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry

Thomas H. Klier; James Rubenstein

ISBN 10: 0880993340 / ISBN 13: 9780880993340

Published by W.E. Upjohn Institute, Kalamazoo, MI, 2008

About this Item

Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Very rare and hard-to-find FIRST EDITION! Tan cloth with blue lettering on the spine. 425 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print! "This book provides a comprehensive look at an industry that is responsible for up to 70 percent of the value added in the manufacture of motor vehicles and whose employees outnumber final assembly workers by nearly four to one: auto parts suppliers. Klier and Rubenstein present the key characteristics of the vast network of parts suppliers and describe the changing geographics of U.S. motor vehicle production at the local, regional, national, and international levels. This helps illustrate the challenges in store for motor vehicle parts production in the United States and especially in the Midwest.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Who Really Made Your Car? Restructuring and Geographic Change in the Auto Industry
• Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880993340
• ISBN 13: 9780880993340
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 27 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive look at an industry that is responsible for up to 70 percent of the value added in the manufacture of motor vehicles and whose employees outnumber final assembly workers by nearly four to one: auto parts suppliers. Klier and Rubenstein present the key characteristics of the vast network of parts suppliers and describe the changing geographics of U.S. motor vehicle production at the local, regional, national, and international levels. This helps illustrate the challenges in store for motor vehicle parts production in the United States and especially in the Midwest.

About the Author

Thomas Klier is a senior economist in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

James Rubenstein is professor of geography at Miami University, Ohio.