1. Introduction
2. The Empirical Puzzle: The Post-Industrial Divergence of Allentown and Youngstown
3. Historical Antecedents: The Emergence and Divergence of Regional Social Structures, 1743–1945
4. Two Critical Choices: Invoking Social Structure in Crises
5. How Allentown got its Groove Back: Rebuilding Social Infrastructure in the Wake of Economic Crisis
6. Conclusions and Implications
• Appendix A: List of Interviewees
• Appendix B: Chronology of Major Economic and Social Events, 1743–2003
• Notes
• References
• Index

Sean Safford is Assistant Professor of Organizations and Markets at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business.