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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 307.70971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Published as part of a series of books in the Wynford Project Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780195428872 9780195435214
- LCCN
- HN103.5
- LCCN Item number
- L82 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 431 p. :)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00223311 (OCoLC)752459577 (CaOOCEL)432135
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents 8
- Introduction 12
- 1 The Community of Single Industry 18
- 2 Stage I: Construction of the Community 36
- 3 Stage II: The Recruitment of Citizens 58
- 4 Stage III: Transition 86
- 5 Stage IV: Maturity 104
- 6 The Organization of Work 128
- 7 Occupation, Stratification, and Association 162
- 8 Interpersonal Relationships 180
- 9 Recreation 206
- 10 Goods and Services 236
- 11 Healing Arts 252
- 12 The School 290
- 13 Churches 319
- 14 Social Conflict and Social Control 338
- 15 Marriage and Migration of Youth 365
- 16 Some Social Implications 400
- Notes on Data and Sources 421
- Name Index 424
- A 424
- B 424
- C 425
- D 425
- E 425
- F 425
- G 425
- H 426
- I 426
- J 426
- K 426
- L 426
- M 427
- N 427
- O 427
- P 427
- R 427
- S 428
- T 428
- V 428
- W 428
- Y 429
- Z 429
- Subject Index 430
- A 430
- B 430
- C 431
- D 433
- E 434
- F 435
- G 435
- H 436
- I 436
- J 437
- K 437
- L 437
- M 437
- N 439
- O 439
- P 440
- Q 441
- R 441
- S 443
- T 445
- U 446
- V 447
- W 447
- Y 448
- Z 448
