The reasons they gave up becos of dirty the evironment with chemical poured into drains and rivers, increase in power grid for factories caused more coal burnings populate the air.
And wanted to move up the technology ladder with increase of salaries.
Then electronic transistor was invented change the world and black and white TVz then colour TVs comes in to watch their own white men movies.
Demand for TV actors and actoress changed American moving out of manufacturing to Hollywood movies.
Then followed closely by music technologies where new sounds and tunes rock America.
Then they are not going into manufacturing and are looking for scapegoats to make TVs for cheap so poor angmoh peasants can own one.
Heading to East... where they find Chinese are good in maths and there are BE colonies in SEA to make TVs, fridges at a fraction of a price of what they get their arrogant brothers and sisters wld do with higher cost to make in the West.
Tioboh hope this helps.
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