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

High, Steven C., author

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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 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.

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Subject: 1900-1999 / Deindustrialization Ontario Sturgeon Falls. / Paper mills Ontario Sturgeon Falls. / Mills and mill-work Ontario Sturgeon Falls. / Paper industry workers Ontario Sturgeon Falls. / 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.
• ISBN: 9781442640832, 1442640839, 9781442610231, 1442610239

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HD5708.55.C2 S784 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE