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Neil White - Company Towns - 9781442643277 - V9781442643277
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Company Towns

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Description for Company Towns hardcover. Neil 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. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.

Company towns are often portrayed as powerless communities, fundamentally dependent on the outside influence of global capital. Neil White challenges this interpretation by exploring how these communities were altered at the local level through human agency, missteps, and chance. Far from being homogeneous, these company towns are shown to be unique communities with equally unique histories.
Company Towns provides a multi-layered, international comparison between the development of two settlements—the mining community of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia, and the mill town of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. White pinpoints crucial differences between the towns' experiences by contrasting each region's histories from ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442643277
SKU
V9781442643277
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-32

About Neil White
Neil White is a Resolution Manager with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Reviews for Company Towns
‘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

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