"Outside agitators and ungrateful kids": the making of the working class in rural Newfoundland

The 1971 Burgeo strike was a central moment in the development of working-class consciousness in Newfoundland. Combining archival sources with the author‘s own field interviews, this thesis illustrates how the development of industrial production during the two and a half decades after the Second Wo...

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Main Author: Fournie, Mitchell S.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2014
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Online Access:https://research.library.mun.ca/8199/
https://research.library.mun.ca/8199/1/thesis.pdf
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Summary:The 1971 Burgeo strike was a central moment in the development of working-class consciousness in Newfoundland. Combining archival sources with the author‘s own field interviews, this thesis illustrates how the development of industrial production during the two and a half decades after the Second World War generated a corresponding shift in the society and culture of rural Newfoundland. The resulting narrative demonstrates a model of class formation in the "industrial villages" of outport Newfoundland.