Acadiensis, Volume 17Department of History, University of New Brunswick., 1987 - Atlantic Coast (Canada) |
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Under the Faucher - Lamontagne thesis the Atlantic region should really have been Canada's industrial heartland since it had both abundant coal and iron ore and a distinct wage cost advantage . Of course , the Maritimes could have been ...
Under the Faucher - Lamontagne thesis the Atlantic region should really have been Canada's industrial heartland since it had both abundant coal and iron ore and a distinct wage cost advantage . Of course , the Maritimes could have been ...
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36 David Frank , " The Cape Breton Coal Industry " , in Frank , ed . , Industrialization and Underdevelopment in the Maritimes , 1880-1930 ( Toronto , 1985 ) , pp . 55-86 ; Kris Inwood , " Local Control , Resources and the Nova Scotia ...
36 David Frank , " The Cape Breton Coal Industry " , in Frank , ed . , Industrialization and Underdevelopment in the Maritimes , 1880-1930 ( Toronto , 1985 ) , pp . 55-86 ; Kris Inwood , " Local Control , Resources and the Nova Scotia ...
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When American promoter Henry Melville Whitney and some well known Canadian capitalists took control of most of the coal mines and began production on an unprecedented scale in the mid 1890s there was a great demand for labour .
When American promoter Henry Melville Whitney and some well known Canadian capitalists took control of most of the coal mines and began production on an unprecedented scale in the mid 1890s there was a great demand for labour .
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