{"product_id":"punching-out-one-year-in-a-closing-auto-plant-paperback","title":"Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Clemens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn elegy--angry, funny, and powerfully detailed--about the slow death of a Detroit auto plant and an American way of life. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does a country dismantle a century's worth of its industrial heritage? To answer that question, Paul Clemens investigates the 2006 closing of one of America's most potent symbols: a Detroit auto plant. Prior to its closing, the Budd Company stamping plant on Detroit's East Side, built in 1919, was one of the oldest active auto plants in America's foremost industrial city--one whose history includes the nation's proudest moments and those of its working class. Its closing also reflects the character of the country in a new era--the sad, brutal process of picking it apart and sending it, piece by piece, to the countries that now have use for its machines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePunching Out \u003c\/i\u003eis an up-close report, at once tender and angry, from the meanest, sharpest edge of America's deindustrializa­tion, and a lament for a working-class culture that once defined a prosperous America--and that is now on the verge of eco­nomic extinction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePAUL CLEMENS \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1973 and raised on Detroit's East Side. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. His book \u003ci\u003eMade in Detroit \u003c\/i\u003e(Doubleday, 2005) was a 2005 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Writers' Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 7.95 x 5.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43347495714951,"sku":"9780767926935","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/w8nGkkNLGv9780767926935.webp?v=1760917812","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/punching-out-one-year-in-a-closing-auto-plant-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}