| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 380 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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 hundreds of other towns and cities across North America and Europe, Sturgeon Falls has lost their primary source of industry, resulting in the displacement of workers and their families. One Job Town takes us into the making of a culture of industrialism and the significance of industrial work for mill-working families. One Job Town approaches deindustrialization as a long term, economic, political, and cultural process, which did not begin and simply end with the closure of the local mill in 2002. High examines the work-life histories of fifty paper mill workers and managers, as well as city officials, to gain an in-depth understanding of the impact of the formation and dissolution of a culture of industrialism. Oral history and memory are at the heart of One Job Town, challenging us to rethink the relationship between the past and the present in what was formerly known as the industrialized world."-- Provided by publisher |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paper mills -- Ontario -- Sturgeon Falls.
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Mills and mill-work -- Ontario -- Sturgeon Falls.
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Paper industry workers -- Ontario -- Sturgeon Falls.
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Deindustrialization -- Ontario -- Sturgeon Falls.
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Sturgeon Falls (Ont.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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Sturgeon Falls (Ont.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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HISTORY / Canada / General |
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Deindustrialization |
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Economic history |
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Mills and mill-work |
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Paper industry workers |
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Paper mills |
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Social conditions |
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Ontario -- Sturgeon Falls |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: High, Steven C. One job town. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2018 9781442640832 (OCoLC)1035230411 |
| ISBN |
9781442686229 (electronic bk.) |
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1442686227 (electronic bk.) |
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9781442640832 (cloth) |
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1442640839 (cloth) |
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9781442610231 (paper) |
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1442610239 (paper) |
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