De-Industrialization
Social, Cultural, and Political Aspects

Essays that deal with the effects of de-industrialization processes in a wide variety of contexts.

Bert Altena (Edited by), Marcel van der Linden (Edited by)

9780521532167, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 6 February 2003

182 pages, 10 b/w illus.
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.308 kg

De-industrialization processes have accompanied industrialization from the start, both regionally and globally. Most historical studies of de-industrialization focus on economic issues, including structural causes and forms of unemployment. Much less attention is usually paid to the social and cultural aspects. What are the consequences of de-industrialization for working-class families and their communities? How does de-industrialization affect working-class culture, trade unions, traditional labour parties, and the regional social, educational and cultural infrastructure? Are gender relations changed by de-industrialization? These subjects are explored by the contributors to this volume. Their essays deal with effects of de-industrialization processes in different contexts. In doing so they propose a wide scope for the study of industrial devolution.

Preface Bert Altena and Marcel van der Linden
Introduction. De-Industrialization and globalization Christopher Johnson
1. From workshop to wasteland: deindustrialisation and fragmentation of the black working class on the East Rand (South Africa), 1990–9 Franco Barchiesi and Bridget Kenny
2. Whose left? Working class political allegiances in post-industrial Britain Darren G. Lilleker
3. Betterment without airs: social, cultural, and political consequences of the deindustrialization in the Ruhr Stefan Goch
4. The International Association of Machinists, Pratt and Whitney and the struggle for a blue-collar future in Connecticut Robert Forrant
5. 'Our chronic and desperate situation': anthracite communities and the emergence of redevelopment policy in Pennsylvania and the United States, 1945–65 Gregory Wilson
6. The consequences of de-industrialization for women workers in the Indian textile industry Chitra Joshi
7. De-industrialization in Turkish mining industries: the case of Zonguldak Tarik Sengul.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC], Sociology & anthropology [JH], Social & cultural history [HBTB], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], General & world history [HBG]