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Industrial Teesside, lives and legacies : a post-industrial geography
This book evaluates the consequences of economic, social, environmental and cultural change on people living and working within Teesside in the North-East of England. It assesses the lived experiences, working lives, health and cultural perspectives of residents and key stakeholders in the wake of serious de-industralisation in the region. The narrative is embedded within the long-term industrial history of Stockton: an area once dominated by steel, coal and chemical industries. This past still continues to shape its future and influences the ways in which that future is conceived and envisioned. The author explores a ?biography of place? analytical framework to offer a holistic view of the area, which considers the interaction between the social, economic, cultural, visual and environmental legacy of the community, which is firmly grounded in the past, present and future prospects of those who live and work there.
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The deindustrialized world : confronting ruination in postindustrial places
\"Since the 1970s, the closure of mines, mills, and factories has marked a rupture in working-class lives. The Deindustrialized World interrogates the process of industrial ruination, from the first impact of layoffs in metropolitan cities, suburban areas, and single-industry towns to the shock waves that rippled outward, affecting entire regions, countries, and beyond. Scholars from five nations share personal stories of ruin and ruination and ask others what it means to be working class in a postindustrial world. Together, they open a window on the lived experiences of people living at ground zero of deindustrialization, revealing its layered impacts and examining how workers, environmentalists, activists, and the state have responded to its challenges.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Back to the postindustrial future
How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is an extreme case of a declining postindustrial city. Built to serve the GDR coal industry, it lost over half its population to outmigration after German reunification and the coal industry crisis, leading to the large-scale deconstruction of its cityscape. This book tells the story of its inhabitants, now forced to reconsider their futures. Building on recent theoretical work, it advances a new anthropological approach to time, allowing us to investigate the postindustrial era and the futures it has supposedly lost.
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The British miner in the age of de-industrialization : a political and cultural history
This is a book which challenges received understandings of the place of the miner in contemporary British history, arguing that the British coal miners went through a cyclical movement - from loser to winner and back again - as Britain underwent a de-industrial revolution in the final decades of the 20th-century.
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Community, De-Industrialisation, and Post-Industrial Regeneration in a Merseyside Town : St Helens, 1968-2018
This thesis explores the impact on community of de-industrialisation and (post-industrial) regeneration, via a case study of St. Helens (Merseyside, England) from the late 1960s to the present day. The main argument is that community has transformed from being centred around the working-class and industrial work to a less tangible but still present multiplicity of micro- and personal communities. This contrasts existing scholarship which often associates industrial and community decline. The thesis tends towards long-term analyses and explanations of its main themes: community, de-industrialisation, and regeneration. It offers these in the context of a large, formerly industrial town, a category often overlooked in favour of bigger cities, 'new' towns, or mono-industrial places. This long-termism is an existing trend in de-industrialisation studies, and the thesis endorses Jim Tomlinson's proposition of de-industrialisation as a 'meta-narrative' for post-war Britain and Sherry Lee Linkon's de-industrial 'half-life' theory. The thesis argues regeneration is similarly an important meta-narrative: towns like St. Helens have been constantly redeveloping and regenerating across the thesis' time period, with similar aims and objectives recurring. The thesis adopts what Robert Colls calls an 'inside-out' approach. In studying community's development, the thesis embraces its messiness as a concept, with each chapter offering a different perspective on community. It seeks not to neatly define or measure community but to explore how it was experienced by the people of St. Helens. To this end, it uses various approaches including oral history interviews, surveys, 'imagined futures' essays, and close analysis of materials produced by local grass-roots groups and the local press. It examines the role local industries and local/national government play in community, an important consideration for a town so influenced by its paternalist industries even today. Ultimately, it argues that community both evolves and persists in towns like St. Helens, despite the challenges of de-industrialisation and regeneration faced in recent decades.
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One job town : work, belonging, and betrayal in Northern Ontario
\"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.
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A NEW ERA
Awan discusses the new era in the aluminum industry. With global uncertainties and disruptions, innovation and adaptations; it is her opinion that the industry has also come to a point where change is necessary. 2024 has been a year of challenges. But 'challenge' is a word that thrives on context; whether a challenge is positive or negative is up to its surroundings. Each time she travels to industry events, she challenge herself to visit an area of cultural significance.
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