One job town : work, belonging, and betrayal in Northern Ontario /

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"There's a pervasive sense of betrayal in areas scarred by mine, mill and factory closures. Steven High's One Job Town delves into the long history of deindustrialization in the paper-making town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, located on Canada's resource periphery. Much like hundre...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: High, Steven C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Paper mills > Ontario > Sturgeon Falls.
Mills and mill-work > Ontario > Sturgeon Falls.
Paper industry workers > Ontario > Sturgeon Falls.
Deindustrialization > Ontario > Sturgeon Falls.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY / Canada / General
Deindustrialization.
Economic history.
Mills and mill-work.
Paper industry workers.
Paper mills.
Social conditions.
Sturgeon Falls (Ont.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Sturgeon Falls (Ont.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Ontario > Sturgeon Falls.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Page i; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Tentative Beginnings; 1 The Industrial Frontier; 2 A Town on Trial; Shop-Floor Realities; 3 Working Lives; 4 Accident Stories; 5 Upstairs, Downstairs; 6 The Raised Fist; Decline and Final Closure; 7 Managing Decline; 8 Recycled Dreams; 9 Betrayal; 10 Proximity and Distance; 11 Salvaging History; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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