The Next American Frontier/Industrial Renaissance: Producing a Competitive Future for America/The Deindustrialization of America: Plant Closings, Community Abandonment, and the Dismantling of Basic IndustryThe Next American Frontier, by ReichRobert B.. New York: Times Books, 1983, 324. pp., $16.60.Industrial Renaissance: Producing a Competitive Future for America, by AbernathyWilliam J.ClarkKim B.KantrowAlan M.. New York: Basic Books, 1983, 194 pp., $19.The Deindustrialization of

Abstract

The article presents reviews of several books on business, including “The Next American Frontier,” by Robert Reich, “Industrial Renaissance: Producing a Competitive Future for America,” by William J. Abernathy, Kim B. Clark and Alan M. Kantrow, and “The Deindustrialization of America: Plant Closings, Community Abandonment, and the Dismantling of Basic Industry,” by Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison.