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Book SynopsisFounded in 1925, the town of Arvida was established to provide labour for Alcan's plant on the Saguenay River. With the arrival of big business in the rural Quebec countryside, two cultures collided -- the modern industrial culture of English North Americ
Trade Review"An excellent portrait of the evolution of Arvida in the first twenty years of existence. This is one of the few investigations of its type to be produced in Quebec in recent years on the history of the working class. Arvida au Saguenay makes an important and original contribution to social history." [translation] Fernand Harvey, INRS -- Culture et Societe, Quebec. "Arvida au Saguenay fills a significant gap in Quebec historiography. Igartua's analysis of the work force, the union movement, and the 1941 strike adds an important new dimension to Canadian labour and working-class history." Jack Little, Department of History, Simon Fraser University.
