One Job Town: Work, Belonging, and Betrayal in Northern Ontario

by Steven High

Book Overview

There's a pervasive sense of betrayal in areas scarred by mine, mill and factory closures. Steven High's One Job Town delves into the long history of deindustrialization in the paper-making town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, located on Canada's resource periphery. Much like hundreds of other towns and cities across North America and Europe, Sturgeon Falls has lost their primary source of industry, resulting in the displacement of workers and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442610239
• ISBN13: 9781442610231
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"