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From Nothing to Nissan: Industrial Policy in Mississippi

From Nothing to Nissan: Industrial Policy in Mississippi


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In Canton, Mississippi, a large factory operated by Nissan churns out thousands of vehicles every year. How did Mississippi, a state known for agriculture, lure the auto giant? From Nothing to Nissan: Industrial Policy in Mississippi provides an account of the strategies used by Mississippi’s political actors to attract manufacturers to the Magnolia State.

The foundation of the industrial policy playbook that prepared Mississippi to serve as a home to Nissan began years ago. While the policymakers in the antebellum era cared little for industry, the Republicans and Bourbon Democrats who took control after the Civil War believed that the state government should play a role in diversifying the state’s economy. The Progressives of the early twentieth century continued diversification efforts because they saw industry as a way to improve the welfare of Mississippians. Governor Hugh White increased the scale and scope of government intervention following the Great Depression, and the industrially minded governors who followed, facing global competition, prioritized industrialization to improve the state’s economy.

Extremely thorough yet readable, From Nothing to Nissan gives readers an overarching history of industrial policymaking and development from the state’s foundation through the year 2000. The book also examines the multiyear process to acquire Nissan and build the factory in Canton as well as the human and community costs in building an automobile plant.



Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: A Question and the Quest for an Answer
Chapter 2: A Framework for Research
Chapter 3: Planting the Seeds of Industry: The Colonial Era Through the Civil War
Chapter 4: Watching the Seeds of Industry Grow: Reconstruction Through the Eve of the Depression
Chapter 5: Bringing Balance to the Economy: BAWI and World War II
Chapter 6: To the Eve of Nissan: Capital-Intensive as a Capital Idea
Chapter 7: The Leadup and Construction
Chapter 8: The Nissan Land Wars
Chapter 9: Beyond Nothing Becoming Nissan
Bibliography
Index



About the Author :
Casey Shin is assistant professor of politics and law at Rhodes College.

Review :
"From Nothing to Nissan is an excellent case study of Mississippi’s acquisition of the Nissan factory with broader implications. With extensive research, Shin has helped us expand our understanding of the process of industrial recruitment and the historical development of state-level industrial policy." - Randall L. Patton, author of Lockheed, Atlanta, and the Struggle for Racial Integration

"From Nothing to Nissan makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Mississippi’s industrial history, bringing to the fore scholarship around Southern agricultural history as an explanation for the state’s industrial ethos and the attitudes towards attracting outside entities. Historians of the South and those who study public policy and economics will find a wellspring of material, all to address a central question: Why did the Nissan plant appear in Mississippi?" - Mark K. Dolan, associate professor of journalism, University of Mississippi


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781496862549
  • Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Mississippi
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 258
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1496862546
  • Publisher Date: 06 Mar 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Industrial Policy in Mississippi


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