Steven P. Dandaneau is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Dayton.

"This work will remain as a major study of a decisive period in American industrial and business history. It is an in-depth examination of the response of the Flint, Michigan, community to its deindustrialization—and examines that response within the framework of statewide, national, and international forces that led to its deindustrialization. This is the first study that applies empirically the critical theories of Benjamin, Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas, and Marcuse and relates their work to a concrete situation of a conflict between 'capitalism' and human needs." — Arthur J. Vidich, New School for Social Research"This is a well-written and provocative discussion of popular ideologies in Flint, Michigan, as revealed by a variety of 'texts,' including a dissident union movement, a General Motors-United Auto Workers cosponsored worker education project, and the popular film Roger and Me. Better than nearly any study with which I am familiar, Dandaneau's captures the anxiety underlying so many aspects of American culture at this time." — Larry Bennett, DePaul University

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: Ideology and Dependent Deindustrialization Part I. Class 1. New Directions2. New Work3. New Competitors4. Theoretical Conclusions to Part I Part II. Culture 5. The Silver Screen6. Of Mirrors and Walls7. Vision Thing8. Theoretical Conclusions to Part II EpilogueBibliographyIndex

Steven P. Dandaneau is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Dayton.

"This work will remain as a major study of a decisive period in American industrial and business history. It is an in-depth examination of the response of the Flint, Michigan, community to its deindustrialization—and examines that response within the framework of statewide, national, and international forces that led to its deindustrialization. This is the first study that applies empirically the critical theories of Benjamin, Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas, and Marcuse and relates their work to a concrete situation of a conflict between 'capitalism' and human needs." — Arthur J. Vidich, New School for Social Research"This is a well-written and provocative discussion of popular ideologies in Flint, Michigan, as revealed by a variety of 'texts,' including a dissident union movement, a General Motors-United Auto Workers cosponsored worker education project, and the popular film Roger and Me. Better than nearly any study with which I am familiar, Dandaneau's captures the anxiety underlying so many aspects of American culture at this time." — Larry Bennett, DePaul University

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction: Ideology and Dependent Deindustrialization Part I. Class 1. New Directions2. New Work3. New Competitors4. Theoretical Conclusions to Part I Part II. Culture 5. The Silver Screen6. Of Mirrors and Walls7. Vision Thing8. Theoretical Conclusions to Part II EpilogueBibliographyIndex