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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Significance of Plant Closings -- Why Do Plants Close? -- Is There a "New" Unemployment? -- How Are Communities Affected by Plant Closings? -- How Are Displaced Workers Affected? -- What Is the Political Response of Displaced Workers? -- What Can Be Done About Plant Closings and the Needs of Displaced Workers? -- A Note on Method -- Chapter 2: Plant Closings and Economic Change: Global, National, and Regional Contexts -- The Foundations of American Capitalism on a Worldwide Basis Since World War II -- The United States and Global Political Economy in Crisis -- Capital Mobility, Unemployment, and Plant Closings -- The Transformation of the Electronics Industry -- A Portrait of RCA -- The Economy of the Midwest -- The Economy of Indiana -- A Profile of White County, Indiana, and Monticello -- From the Global Political Economy to Monticello, Indiana -- Chapter 3: Community and Worker Responses to a Plant Closing -- Assessing the Impacts of a Plant Closing -- RCA and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local #3154 in Monticello: The Closing -- Monticello at Closing Time -- Views from Social Agencies -- Impacts on the Business Community -- The Workers Respond -- Project Care -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Economic Effects on Workers -- Length of Unemployment -- Income Loss -- Perceived Economic Distress -- Cutbacks in Expenditures -- Home Production -- Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Effects on Workers' Health and Family Relationships -- Physical Health -- RCA Findings -- Mental Health -- RCA Findings -- Family Effects -- RCA Findings -- Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Unemployment and Social Integration -- Comparison of Displaced Worker and Employed Workers in the Same Community -- Comparisons Among Displaced Workers.