03135nam 2200805 450 991080682580332120230109052808.01-4426-9577-31-4426-9576-510.3138/9781442695764(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(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105741(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.1 'The Old Order Changeth': Industrial Development at Corner Brook -- 2 'Worth Dominating?' Industrial Development at Mount Isa -- 3 'Praying for a Conflagration': Planned and Fringe Towns -- 4 Collaborators, Communists, and Casanovas? Labour at Corner Brook and Mount Isa -- 5 'If I had to get a factory job I'd be fired': Civic Life and Resident-Company Negotiation -- 6 'Personal Relationships and Private Worlds'? Structures of Feeling in Company Towns -- Conclusion.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.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.)HistoryHistory.Case studies.Electronic books. Company townsResource-based communitiesCorporationsSocial aspectsCommunity life971.8White Neil1976-1719649MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806825803321Company towns4117638UNINA