{"id":21531,"date":"2018-10-22T18:39:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T23:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=21531"},"modified":"2018-10-31T18:52:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:52:29","slug":"janesville-an-american-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/21531","title":{"rendered":"Janesville – An American Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"coverAmy Goldstein<\/a>, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will talk about her first book \u201cJanesville – An American Story\u201d on Mon., Oct. 22, at 7pm<\/strong> in the Irvin L Young Auditorium. It’s part of the Contemporary Issues Lecture Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andersen Library has a couple of copies of the book (3rd-floor Main Collection and 1st-floor Special Collections, HC108.J36 G65 2017 ), and other UW campus libraries have copies UWW students and staff can request<\/a> (requested items usually aarrive in 2-5 weekdays). You can preview some pages via Google Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you are inspired to learn more, Andersen Library can help. There are online resources, such as Janesville’s Economy at a glance<\/a> from the U.S. Dept. of Labor Statistics, the city’s “Economic Development in Janesville, WI<\/a>” website, and the Pew Research Center Report “America\u2019s shrinking middle class: A close look at changes within metropolitan areas<\/a>” (2016). There are articles such as Amy Goldstein’s “What is Janesville, Wisconsin, without General Motors?<\/a>” (The Atlantic, 2017, Apr. 18), “An initial study of the economic impact of General Motors pension benefits on the Greater Anderson, Indiana, community<\/a>” (Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences<\/em>, 2013, vol.16:no.2, pp.45\u201354), “What happens if pensions disappear? A case analysis<\/a>” (Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences<\/em>, 2015, vol.18, pp.77\u201387), and “A retrospective look at rescuing and restructuring General Motors and Chrysler<\/a>” (Journal of Economic Perspectives<\/em>, 2015, vol.29:no.2, p.3-24). You also can find articles written by Ms. Goldstein in databases such as ProQuest Global Newsstream, e.g.<\/em>, “Rare agreement: Obama, Romney, Ryan all endorse retraining for jobless-But are they right?<\/a>,” “Inside the Janesville data<\/a>” (ProPublica<\/em>, 2012, Oct 10) and “Is job retraining the magic bullet?<\/a>” (The Washington Post<\/em>, 2012, Oct 21).<\/p>\n

Please ask a librarian<\/a> (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk) if you\u2019d like assistance with finding materials.<\/p>\n

Andersen Library is a federal depository library with federal government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD\/CD-ROM, online). Check out your<\/em> government at Andersen Library!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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