Manufacturing and the American Male

What it says about America's relationship with masculinity

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Forty-eight percent of men without a bachelor’s degree in 1960 worked in manufacturing. In 1970, the U.S. landscape was filled with manufacturing towns. Jobs were plentiful, and young men who were not college bound could find gainful employment. They could get married, buy a home, and raise a family. The number of manu…