Title: Escape hatch : Newfoundland's quest for German industry and immigration, 1950-1970 /
Authors: Bassler, Gerhard P., 1937-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Industries Newfoundland and Labrador History; Industries Germany History; Germans Newfoundland and Labrador History; Immigrants Newfoundland and Labrador History; Emigration and immigration; Germans.; Immigrants; Industries; Newfoundland and Labrador Emigration and immigration History; Newfoundland and Labrador Economic conditions; Germany; Newfoundland and Labrador
Abstract: "This is the first in-depth account of how and why the Newfoundland Government acquired 17 so-called New Industries, 13 from Germany, one from Austria, one from Latvia, one from England, and one from Newfoundland, as well as of the immigrants who accompanied and followed them from the 1950s to 1970. After Newfoundland had joined Canada in 1949, Premier J.R. Smallwood believed that industrialization would prevent a mass exodus from the economically backward island to mainland Canada in search of employment. The book traces Smallwood's recruitment of each individual industry from the Newfoundland Government's and the foreign industrialists' perspectives. It examines the conditions under which each of these industries operated and the reasons for their successes and failures."--
Contents: Abbreviations and glossary -- Introduction -- Part 1. Develop or perish: Immigration and industrial development in post-confederation Newfoundland -- Smallwood's quest for industry -- Smallwood and Valdmanis -- The Latvian connection -- The German connection -- German industry networks -- The system of incentives -- Bottlenecks -- The new industries after Valdmanis -- Part 2. From Clement to chocolate: The new industries -- North Star Cement Company Limited -- Atlantic Gypsum Limited -- Atlantic Films and Electronics Limited -- United Engineers and Constructors Limited -- Newfoundland Tanneries (Wm Dorn) Limited -- Canadian Machinery and Industry Construction Limited (CMIC) -- Atlantic Hardboard Industries Limited (Newfoundland Fibrply Limited) -- United Cotton Mills Limited -- Superior Rubber Company Limited -- Atlantic Gloves Limited -- Terra Nova Textiles Limited -- Gold Sail Leather Goods Limited -- Hanning Electric Company Limited -- Koch Shoes Limited -- Eckhardt Mills Limited (Brigus Knitting Mills Limited) -- Adler of Canada Limited -- Newfoundland Hardwoods Limited -- Part 3. "We built half the city here": The social and economic integration of German-speaking immigrants -- Immigrating -- Oh my God! -- German resented? -- Here was freedom -- Little Germanys -- And then we started to work -- Had my fingers in every major building -- Resident immigrants attract more immigrants -- From TV repair to hearing aids -- Architect for MUN -- Consulate and church for newcomers -- You can't be a Newfoundlander.