The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out
Fighting Economic Ruin in a Canadian Coalfield Community
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Product details:
- Publisher UBC Press
- Date of Publication 1 June 2025
- ISBN 9780774869294
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages400 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 590 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 23 b&w photos, 14 tables, 2 maps 700
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
The Canadian postwar economic boom did not include one western coal-mining region. When the Canadian Pacific Railway switched to diesel power, over 2,000 coal-production jobs were lost in the Crowsnest Pass and Elk Valley. The Lights on the Tipple Are Going Out tells the story of its fight for survival.
Underground mine closures began in 1950, prompting attempts by unions, leftist parties, municipal governments, and business groups to save the local economy. Efforts to reindustrialize in the mid-1960s brought unregulated growth, unsafe working conditions, and pollution. Starting in 1968, new strip mines were built to produce metallurgical coal for Asia-Pacific steelmakers.
Not only is this an interesting regional history, but the consideration of the role of labour unions, local communists, and grassroots environmentalists makes it especially compelling. Today, with technological change in steel manufacturing on the horizon, propelled by the climate crisis, Langford argues that the Crowsnest Pass and Elk Valley must look toward ecosystem restoration, sustainable economic activities, and the inclusion of First Nations in decision making in order to embrace a future beyond coal.
"Langford minutely details the mine union?s fight for coal justice"
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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
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