1 The Coming of the Transplants: Why Are They Important? 2 The Global-Local Connection: How the Changing Global Economy Affected States and Communities 3 Settling in the Heartland: Why the Midwest Corridor? 4 Selling Growth in Small-Town America: Media Images 5 Creating a New Worker: Fusing Labor, Community, and Company 6 In the Heart of the Heart of the Country: Corporatism as Civic Virtue 7 Capital and Community in Transition: Continuing Corporate Welfare or Nascent Social Economy?