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- Title
Trans-Atlantic Sheep, Regional Development, and the Cape Breton Development Corporation, 1972-1982.
- Authors
LANGFORD, WILL
- Abstract
Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO) - a federal Crown corporation created in 1967 - was charged with stimulating employment to compensate for the decline of island coal mining. Following the failure of industrial promotion, DEVCO adopted a participatory regional development practice between 1972 and 1982. With specific reference to sheep producers, this article argues that DEVCO focused on imparting entrepreneurship, boosting production, and selling a particular kind of Cape Breton. However, DEVCO objectives were undermined by the very capitalist processes they sought to amend. The Cape Breton sheep story provides a way into the broader history of regional development in these years.
- Subjects
NOVA Scotia; RURAL development; CAPE Breton Development Corp.; EMPLOYMENT; COAL mining; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HISTORY
- Publication
Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region / Revue d'histoire de la région Atlantique, 2017, Vol 46, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
0044-5851
- Publication type
Article