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Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
Vaclav Smil
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Description for Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photos, 3 b&w illus., 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
An argument that America's economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil. -Bill Gates In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. ... Read more
An argument that America's economy needs a strong and innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil. -Bill Gates In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without a strong, innovative manufacturing sector and the jobs it creates. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
367 g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262528351
SKU
V9780262528351
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99-15
About Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. He is the author of forty books, including Energy and Civilization, published by the MIT Press. In 2010 he was named by Foreign Policy as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers. In 2013 Bill Gates wrote on his website that there is no author whose books I ... Read more
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