The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out documents the tumultuous struggle of one coal-mining region to stave off economic ruin in the face of changing times and technologies.
The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out documents the tumultuous struggle of one coal-mining region to stave off economic ruin in the face of changing times and technologies.
Tom Langford is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Alberta's Day Care Controversy: From 1908 to 2009 and Beyond and co-editor, with Wayne Norton, of A World Apart: The Crowsnest Communities of Alberta and British Columbia. He has contributed various articles to Prairie Forum, BC Studies, Alberta History, and Labour/Le Travail.
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Introduction: Interpretive and Comparative Perspectives on Deindustrialization in the Crowsnest Pass and Elk Valley, 1945-1968 1 Working Class on the Rise, 1945-49: Collective Struggles, Labour Improvements, and Larger Goals 2 A Crisis Begins: Three Days a Week and Mine Closures, 1950-56 3 Ghost Town Future? Searching for Economic Revitalization, 1957-62 4 We Were Continually Losing Membership and Losing Public Support: Tracing the Ruin of the Communist Party, 1945-62 5 Pursuing Alternatives for Growing the Economy: Dead Ends, A Tragic Underground Explosion, and A New Beginning for Coal, 1963-68 6 Growth At What Cost? Community and Political Struggles, 1963-68 Conclusion: Lessons and Opportunities for a Future Beyond Coal Notes; Bibliography; Index
Introduction: Interpretive and Comparative Perspectives on Deindustrialization in the Crowsnest Pass and Elk Valley, 1945-1968 1 Working Class on the Rise, 1945-49: Collective Struggles, Labour Improvements, and Larger Goals 2 A Crisis Begins: Three Days a Week and Mine Closures, 1950-56 3 Ghost Town Future? Searching for Economic Revitalization, 1957-62 4 We Were Continually Losing Membership and Losing Public Support: Tracing the Ruin of the Communist Party, 1945-62 5 Pursuing Alternatives for Growing the Economy: Dead Ends, A Tragic Underground Explosion, and A New Beginning for Coal, 1963-68 6 Growth At What Cost? Community and Political Struggles, 1963-68 Conclusion: Lessons and Opportunities for a Future Beyond Coal Notes; Bibliography; Index
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