LEADER 04050nam 2200757 450 001 9910452410403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-9576-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442695764 035 $a(CKB)2550000000106974 035 $a(EBL)3280714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000717136 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12264535 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000717136 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10740523 035 $a(PQKB)11363063 035 $a(CEL)438714 035 $a(OCoLC)799730888 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00229705 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3280714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672851 035 $a(DE-B1597)482984 035 $a(OCoLC)1004872611 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442695764 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672851 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258503 035 $a(OCoLC)958516717 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000106974 100 $a20160923h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurunu---uuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCompany towns $ecorporate order and community /$fNeil White 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 311 0 $a1-4426-4327-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tChapter One. 'The Old Order Changeth': Industrial Development at Corner Brook --$tChapter Two. 'Worth Dominating?' Industrial Development at Mount Isa --$tChapter Three. 'Praying for a Conflagration': Planned and Fringe Towns --$tChapter Four. Collaborators, Communists, and Casanovas? Labour at Corner Brook and Mount Isa --$tChapter Five. 'If I had to get a factory job I'd be fired': Civic Life and Resident-Company Negotiation --$tChapter Six. 'Personal Relationships and Private Worlds'? Structures of Feeling in Company Towns --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aCompany 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. 606 $aCompany towns$vCase studies 606 $aResource-based communities$vCase studies 606 $aCorporations$xSocial aspects$vCase studies 606 $aCommunity life$vCase studies 607 $aCorner Brook (N.L.)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aCorner Brook (N.L.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aCorner Brook (N.L.)$xHistory 607 $aMount Isa (Qld.)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aMount Isa (Qld.)$xSocial conditions 607 $aMount Isa (Qld.)$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCompany towns 615 0$aResource-based communities 615 0$aCorporations$xSocial aspects 615 0$aCommunity life 676 $a971.8 700 $aWhite$b Neil$f1976-$0973877 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452410403321 996 $aCompany towns$92216446 997 $aUNINA