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- Title
Labour Landmarks in New Waterford: Collective Memory in a Cape Breton Coal Town.
- Authors
MACKINNON, LACHLAN
- Abstract
Labour landmarks enshrine workers' "public memories" as part of the larger "collective memory" of a community. But these manifestations of working class consciousness are not static. Two monuments in New Waterford (NS) -- one to victims of a 1917 mine explosion and the second to William Davis (killed during the 1925 strike) -- reveal many layers of historical memory and reflect changing conceptualizations of 20th century labour resistance in Cape Breton amongst the miners, their union, and the town's citizens.
- Subjects
NOVA Scotia; CAPE Breton Island (N.S.); CANADA; MONUMENTS; MINING towns; COAL mining accidents; COLLECTIVE memory; LIEUX de memoire (History); MINERS strikes &; lockouts; HISTORY of strikes &; lockouts; COAL mining; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region / Revue d'histoire de la région Atlantique, 2013, Vol 42, Issue 2, p3
- ISSN
0044-5851
- Publication type
Article