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The Changing US Auto Industry: A Geographical Analysis

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Drawing on rarely used archive material and recent interviews with industry officials, this book examines the radical changes which have affected automobile production in recent years.

Author(s): Jame Rubenstein
Edition: 1
Year: 1992

Language: English
Pages: 336

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
The changing geography of automobile production......Page 12
Development of the geography of US automotive production......Page 34
Automobile production concentrates in Michigan......Page 36
Ford revolutionizes the geography of production......Page 58
General Motors builds branch assembly plants......Page 83
Components plants locate in the southern Great Lakes region......Page 110
Reasons for recent locational changes: regional scale......Page 146
Market fragmentation......Page 148
Just-in-time delivery......Page 177
Reasons for recent locational changes: community scale......Page 210
Government impact on locational decisions......Page 212
Avoiding militant workers......Page 243
Whipsawing existing plants......Page 274
Conclusion......Page 299
Bibliography......Page 307
Index......Page 320