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Book SynopsisMore than just an examination of the auto industry, the book provides a rethinking of Canada's tumultuous post-OPEC political and economic evolution, helping to explain the current tribulations of the global auto sector and Canada's place within it.
Trade Review'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
Table of ContentsTables 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
