| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 549 pages) : illustrations, maps, digital file |
| Series |
Faculty Publications Collection (Thomas J. Bata Library)
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| Contents |
Introduction: The Ripples of 1973 -- 1 Industrial Revolutions: A New Automotive Landscape Emerges -- 2 The New Big Three: Canadian Safety, Emissions, and Fuel Economy in a Continental Industry -- 3 Fair Share: The Battle over 'Domestic' Automotive Investment in North America -- 4 Nadir: Saving Chrysler and Debating State Intervention in the Auto Sector -- 5 Integration's Bounty, Integration's Bounds: The Unusual Life of the Auto Pact -- 6 Schism: The Canadian UAW and the End of Auto Worker Internationalism -- 7 Transplant: 'Foreign' Production, Imports, and the Tumultuous Arrival of the Japanese -- 8 Rebirth or Requiem? Duty Remissions, Free Trade, and the Death of the Auto Pact -- Conclusion: One in Six: The Ratio of Survival -- Appendices. A. The Evolution of Canadian Automotive Tariffs since 1936 / Canadian Duty-Remission/Tariff Plans in the Auto Sector ; B. Text of the Automotive Products Trade Agreement, 1965 / Sample Letter of Undertaking ; C. Memorandum of Understanding between Honda Canada and the Canadian Government, May 1984 ; D. Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, 1 January 1989, Chapter 10, Trade in Automotive Goods ; E. Automotive Statistics, 1960-99 |
| Summary |
More than just an examination of the auto industry, the book provides a rethinking of Canada's tumultuous post-OPEC political and economic evolution, helping to explain the current tribulations of the global auto sector and Canada's place within it |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-523) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Automobile industry and trade -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
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Automobile industry and trade -- Government policy -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
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International business enterprises -- Canada
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Automobile Industry.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Automobile industry and trade
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Automobile industry and trade -- Government policy
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Economic policy
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International business enterprises
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| SUBJECT |
Canada -- Economic policy -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Canada
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442664425 |
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1442664428 |
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9781442664432 |
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1442664436 |
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