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Company Store J.B.McLachlan and the Cape Breton Miners, 1900-1925

Created by: John Mellor
Publisher: Breton Books
SKU: BB0095

$24.95

With all the passion and forward thrust of a terrific novel, The Company Store is John Mellor’s winning story of Labour’s Wars in Cape Breton Island. A much sought after book, it has been too long out of print, and it remains a good place for the general reader to start in digging into this essential story in the making of the character of industrial Cape Breton. The company store itself stands as a powerful symbol for the entire system against which the miners fought-a system wherein the company owned the mines, the homes, the stores and often even the ministers and priests-all with the goal of profits for shareholders and of keeping the workers indebted and in line. And when all these failed, the governments sent in the troops against the workers!

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With all the passion and forward thrust of a terrific novel, TheCompany Store is John Mellor’s winning story of Labour’s Wars in CapeBreton Island. A much sought after book, it has been too long out ofprint, and it remains a good place for the general reader to start indigging into this essential story in the making of the character ofindustrial Cape Breton. The company store itself stands as a powerfulsymbol for the entire system against which the miners fought—a systemwherein the company owned the mines, the homes, the stores and ofteneven the ministers and priests—all with the goal of profits forshareholders and of keeping the workers indebted and in line.  Andwhen all these failed, the governments sent in the troops against theworkers!

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Weight631 g
Dimensions6 × 9 in
Awards this title has won
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ACTIVE TITLE

Binding

Paperback

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Language

Date Published

September 18 2012

Publisher

Page Count

376

No of Pages

376

ISBN

9781926908106