04050nam 2200757 450 991045241040332120200520144314.01-4426-9576-510.3138/9781442695764(CKB)2550000000106974(EBL)3280714(SSID)ssj0000717136(PQKBManifestationID)12264535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000717136(PQKBWorkID)10740523(PQKB)11363063(CEL)438714(OCoLC)799730888(CaBNVSL)slc00229705(MiAaPQ)EBC3280714(MiAaPQ)EBC4672851(DE-B1597)482984(OCoLC)1004872611(DE-B1597)9781442695764(Au-PeEL)EBL4672851(CaPaEBR)ebr11258503(OCoLC)958516717(EXLCZ)99255000000010697420160923h20122012 uy 0engurunu---uuuuutxtccrCompany towns corporate order and community /Neil WhiteToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2012.©20121 online resource (257 p.)1-4426-4327-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --Introduction --Chapter One. 'The Old Order Changeth': Industrial Development at Corner Brook --Chapter Two. 'Worth Dominating?' Industrial Development at Mount Isa --Chapter Three. 'Praying for a Conflagration': Planned and Fringe Towns --Chapter Four. Collaborators, Communists, and Casanovas? Labour at Corner Brook and Mount Isa --Chapter Five. 'If I had to get a factory job I'd be fired': Civic Life and Resident-Company Negotiation --Chapter Six. 'Personal Relationships and Private Worlds'? Structures of Feeling in Company Towns --Conclusion --Notes --Bibliography --IndexCompany 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 various perspectives-business, urban, labour, civic, and socio-cultural. Company Towns also makes use of a sizable collection of previously neglected oral history sources and town records, providing an illuminating portrait of divergence that defies efforts to impose structure on the company town phenomenon.Company townsCase studiesResource-based communitiesCase studiesCorporationsSocial aspectsCase studiesCommunity lifeCase studiesCorner Brook (N.L.)Economic conditionsCorner Brook (N.L.)Social conditionsCorner Brook (N.L.)HistoryMount Isa (Qld.)Economic conditionsMount Isa (Qld.)Social conditionsMount Isa (Qld.)HistoryElectronic books.Company townsResource-based communitiesCorporationsSocial aspectsCommunity life971.8White Neil1976-973877MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452410403321Company towns2216446UNINA