xi, 306 pages : 24 cm

"Based on the plant shutdown stories told by over 130 industrial workers, and drawing on extensive archival and published sources as well as songs and poetry from the time, Steven High explores the central issues in the history and contemporary politics of plant closings. In so doing, he poses new questions about group identification and solidarity in the face of often dramatic industrial transformation."--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index

Gold doesn't rust: regions of the North American mind -- Transplanted Identities -- Back to the garden: redesigning the factory for a post-industrial era -- The deindustrializing heartland -- In defence of local community -- 'I'll wrap the f*#@ Canadian flag around me': A nationalist response to plant shutdowns

American Historical Association Albert B. Corey Prize in Canadian-American Relations, 2004

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