{"product_id":"autonomous-state-9781442612976","title":"Autonomous State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAutonomous State\u003c\/em\u003e provides the first detailed examination of the Canadian auto industry, the country’s most important economic sector, in the post-war period. In this engrossing book, Dimitry Anastakis chronicles the industry’s evolution from the 1973 OPEC embargo to the 1989 Canada–US Free Trade Agreement and looks at its effects on public policy, diplomacy, business enterprise, workers, consumers, and firms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing an immense array of archival sources, and interviews with some of the key actors in the events, Anastakis examines a fascinating array of topics in recent auto industry and Canadian business and economic history: the impact of new safety, emissions, and fuel economy regulations on the Canadian sector and consumers, the first Chrysler bailout of 1980, the curious life and death of the 1965 Canada-US auto pact, the ‘invasion’ of Japanese imports and transplant operations, and the end of aggressive auto policy-making with the comi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There is much to like about this work. It is a solid piece of academic research. It reaches beyond mere facts of how the industry evolved undermanaged trade...and how the Auto Pact paved the way for the 1989 Free Trade agreement.' -- Wayne Lewchuk Enterprise and Society, vol 14:04:2013 'Deeply researched and lucidly argued by a historian in command of his field, Autonomous State is a valuable addition to automotive history and a distinguished contribution to policy history.' -- Tom McCarthy Canadian Historical Review vol 95:03:2014 'This is a well-researched book, with substantial archival research having been conducted in Canada and United States... There is plenty to be learned by political scientists interested in international relations, public policy, and political economy (both nationally and internationally).' -- Duane Bratt American Historical Review vol 119:02:2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTables  Acknowledgements  Abbreviations  Automotive Assembly and Major Parts Facilities in Canada Since 1945  Introduction: The Ripples of 1973  Chapter One: Industrial Revolutions: A New Automotive Landscape Emerges  Chapter Two: The New Big Three: Canadian Safety, Emissions and Fuel Economy in a Continental Industry  Chapter Three: Fair Share: The Battle Over \"Domestic\" Investment in North America  Chapter Four: Nadir:  Saving Chrysler and Debating State Intervention in the Auto Sector  Chapter Five: Integration's Bounty, Integration's Bounds: The Unusual Life of the Auto Pact  Chapter Six: Schism: The Canadian UAW and the End of Auto Worker Internationalism  Chapter Seven: Transplant: \"Foreign\" Production, Imports and the Tumultuous Arrival of the Japanese  Chapter Eight: Rebirth or Requiem? Duty Remissions, Free Trade and the Death of the Auto Pact  Conclusion: One in Six: The Ratio of Survival  Appendices  Notes  Bibliography  Illustrations Credits  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187496673623,"sku":"9781442612976","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/autonomous-state-9781442612976","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}