Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out

Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out

Fighting Economic Ruin in a Canadian Coalfield Community

Langford, Thomas

University of British Columbia Press

11/2024

400

Dura

9780774869287

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction: Interpretive and Comparative Perspectives on Deindustrialization in the Crowsnest Pass and Elk Valley, 1945-1968

1 Working Class on the Rise, 1945-49: Collective Struggles, Labour Improvements, and Larger Goals

2 A Crisis Begins: Three Days a Week and Mine Closures, 1950-56

3 Ghost Town Future? Searching for Economic Revitalization, 1957-62

4 We Were Continually Losing Membership and Losing Public Support: Tracing the Ruin of the Communist Party, 1945-62

5 Pursuing Alternatives for Growing the Economy: Dead Ends, A Tragic Underground Explosion, and A New Beginning for Coal, 1963-68

6 Growth At What Cost? Community and Political Struggles, 1963-68

Conclusion: Lessons and Opportunities for a Future Beyond Coal

Notes; Bibliography; Index
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