The company town, source of so much of Canada's wealth, was-and is-a place with nowhere to hide. First published in 1971, Rex Lucas's Minetown, Milltown, Railtown is a groundbreaking study of what it's like to live in such communities. Today, with the oil-sands boom and rising commodity prices affecting everything from the value of the Canadian dollar to the balance of power within Confederation, single-industry towns remain as central as ever to the country's economic and social life. Minetown is a compelling portrait not just of Canada's past, but of its present and future, too. Minetown, Milltown, Railtown: Life in Canadian Communities of Single Industry is a Wynford Book -- one of a series of titles representing significant milestones in Canadian literature, thought, and scholarship. New introductions place each book in a modern context and show its continuing relevance.
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 15/12/2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199010455
- 9780199010455
- Category:
- Social & cultural history
- Format:
- Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
- Publication Date:
- 15-12-2009
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press, Canada
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