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Book SynopsisNeil White challenges the common interpretation of company towns as powerless, dependant communities by exploring how these settlements were altered at the local level through human agency, missteps, and chance.
Trade Review'Company Towns is a well-written and researched study of an important aspect of Canadian history that deserves a wide audience.' -- Duff Sutherland Canadian Historical Review vol 94:4:2013
Table of ContentsAcronyms and Abbreviated Titles Images Acknowledgments Introduction * The Old Order Changeth: Industrial Development at Corner Brook * Worth Dominating? Industrial Development at Mount Isa * Praying For A Conflagration: Planned and Fringe Towns * Collaborators, Communists and Casanovas? Labour at Corner Brook and Mount Isa * If I Had To Get A Factory Job I'd Be Fired: Civic Life And Resident-Company Negotiation * Personal Relationships and Private Worlds? Structures of Feeling in Company Towns * Conclusion Bibliography
