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The company store : J.B. McLachlan and the Cape Breton coal miners, 1900-1925 / John Mellor.

by Mellor, John, 1922-

Breton Books, 2012.

331.88 M527c 2012

McLachlan, James Bryson, 1869-1937.

Labor unions -- Nova Scotia -- History.

Coal miners -- Nova Scotia -- History.

Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- History.

Working class -- Nova Scotia -- History.

xvi, 375 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"With all the passion and forward thrust of a terrific novel, The Company Store is John Mellor's winning story of Labour’s Wars in Cape Breton Island. A much sought after book, it has been too long out of print, and it remains a good place for the general reader to start in digging into this essential story in the making of the character of industrial Cape Breton. The company store itself stands as a powerful symbol for the entire system against which the miners fought--a system wherein the company owned the mines, the homes, the stores and often even the ministers and priests--all with the goal of profits for shareholders and of keeping the workers indebted and in line. And when all these failed, the governments sent in the troops against the workers!"--From publisher.

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