Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984

Steven High

Published by University of Toronto Press 2003

Industrial Sunset

The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984

Steven High

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442620902

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About this book

A comparative regional analysis of the economic and cultural devastation caused by plant shutdowns in the Great Lakes Region, and an insightful examination of how mill and factory workers on both sides of the border made sense of their own displacement.

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High Steven :

Steven High is professor of History at Concordia University and co-founder of the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Gold Doesn’t Rust: Regions of the North American Mind Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
2 Transplanted Identities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3 Back to the Garden: Redesigning the Factory for a Post-industrial Era Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
4 The Deindustrializing Heartland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
5 In Defence of Local Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
6 ‘I’ll Wrap the F*#@ Canadian Flag around Me’: A Nationalist Response to Plant Shutdowns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Appendix: Interview Guide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Illustration Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 318

eBook

Published: December 15, 2003
ISBN: 9781442620902