Deindustrialization in North America (O)

3ch (3C) (W) · Undergraduate

Examine the political and economic roots of deindustrialization and understand the long-term social, cultural, and environmental consequences for working-class communities. Use case studies to understand how industrial towns and neighbourhoods were decimated by plant closures and millions of job losses in the second half of the twentieth century. Research deindustrialization in the Maritimes and have the option to create a public history project on histories of deindustrialization in the Fredericton area.