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But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.
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The Home Depot approach to craftsmanship - simplify it, dumb it down, hire a contractor - is one signal that mastering tools and working with one's hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country
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The Obama administration does worry publicly about manufacturing, a first cousin of craftsmanship.
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But rarely, if ever, do they publicly take the argument a step further, asserting that a growing manufacturing sector encourages craftsmanship and that craftsmanship is, if not a birthright, then a vital ingredient of the American self-image as a can-do, inventive, we-can-make-anything people.
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That's one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship
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The damage to American craftsmanship seems to parallel the steep slide in manufacturing employment.
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As for craftsmanship itself, the issue is how to preserve it as a valued skill in the general population
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Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn't disappearing as quickly as some would argue - that it has instead shifted to immigrants.
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He felt troubled about the weakening of American craftsmanship
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What does the author say is a factor contributing to the decline in traditional craftsmanship?
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