Steel town : the making and breaking of Port Kembla / Erik Eklund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eklund, Erik Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steel industry and trade--Australia--Port Kembla (N.S.W.).

Steel industry and trade.

Australia.

Port Kembla (N.S.W.)--History.

Port Kembla (N.S.W.).

Port Kembla (N.S.W.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Using archival records, oral history interviews, and company documents, this book charts the relationship between economic change and the human experience of that change in Port Kembla, Australia, an area seen by many Australia, an area seen by many Australians as a polluted wasteland. Also explored are industrial society and the impact of economic decline and deindustrialization, drawing together themes of migration, gender, class, and identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

052285026X

OCLC:

51500280