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Closing Sysco : industrial decline in Atlantic Canada's steel city / Lachlan MacKinnon.
LIBRA HD3616.C24 S936 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacKinnon, Lachlan, 1988- author.
- Series:
- Studies in Atlantic Canada history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sydney Steel Corporation.
- Deindustrialization--Nova Scotia--Sydney--History--20th century.
- Deindustrialization.
- Deindustrialization--Social aspects--Nova Scotia--Sydney.
- Plant shutdowns--Nova Scotia--Sydney--History--20th century.
- Plant shutdowns.
- Steel industry and trade--Nova Scotia--Sydney--History--20th century.
- Steel industry and trade.
- Steel industry and trade--Nova Scotia--Sydney--Employees--Social conditions--20th century.
- Employees.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Deindustrialization--Social aspects.
- Sydney (N.S.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Sydney (N.S.).
- Nova Scotia--Sydney.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 290 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Closing Sysco is a history of deindustrialization and working-class resistance in the Cape Breton steel industry between 1945 and 2001. The Sydney Steel Works is at the heart of this study - having existed in tandem with Cape Breton's larger coal operations since the early twentieth century. Chapters explore the multi-faceted nature of deindustrialization, the internal politics of the steelworkers' union, successful efforts to nationalize the mill in 1967, the years in transition under public ownership, and confrontations over health, safety, and environmental degradation in the 1990s and 2000s. The book moves beyond the moment of closure to trace the cultural, historical, and political ramifications of deindustrialization as they continue to play out in post-industrial Cape Breton Island. This represents a significant intervention into the international literature on deindustrialization, pushing scholarship beyond the bounds of political economy and cultural change to begin tackling issues of bodily health, environment, and historical memory in post-industrial places."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Diversify or Die: Planned Obsolescence in the Dosco Years p. 21
- 2 Radical Reds and Responsible Unionism: Building a "Working-Class Town" p. 43
- 3 It Brought Us Joy, It Brought Us Tears: Black Friday and the Parade of Concern p. 64
- 4 Decades in Transition: Modernization and Mechanization on the Shop Floor p. 85
- 5 Labour Environmentalism: Fighting for Compensation at the Sydney Coke Ovens p. 110
- 6 Bury It, Burn It, Truck It Away: Remediating a Toxic Legacy? p. 129
- 7 From Dependence to Enterprise: Economic Restructuring at the End of the Steel City p. 156
- 8 Making History from Sydney Steel, 2012-2016 p. 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: MacKinnon, Lachlan, 1988- Closing Sysco.
- ISBN:
- 1487524021
- 9781487524029
- 9781487505912
- 1487505914
- OCLC:
- 1090428366
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