"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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Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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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 |
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. |
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