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Edited by Wayne Norton and Tom Langford

A World Apart:
The Crowsnest Communities of Alberta and British Columbia

Table of Contents below

ISBN 0-9698842-5-7 Priced at $23.95

 

Released in August 2002, this impressive collection of original writing and historic photographs sets out to assess the history of the Crowsnest/Elk Valley region from fresh perspectives. By examining a wide range of social and political topics, A World Apart recalls how the small southeast corner of British Columbia and the equally small southwest corner of Alberta together formed a society that was unique.

This new book contains:

  • More than two dozen articles by university researchers, local historians, current and former residents, all published for the first time;
  • More than three dozen photographs of high quality, many published for the first time;
  • Assessments of politicians Thomas Uphill, H. H. Stevens and Charles O'Brien, photographers Thomas Gushul and Fred Spalding, the local unions of the UMWA, a religious revival campaign of nearly a century ago, and Fernie's loss of the right to govern itself in the 1930s and 1940s;
  • An extensive guide to further reading.
  • Contains 212 pages, 42 black and white photographs, bibliographical information, map and index.

A World Apart: Contents

Part One: Society and Culture

A Family of Photographers: The Gushul Legacy -Brock Silversides

"A Manly, Commonsense Religion": Revivalism and the 1909 Kootenay Campaign in the Crowsnest Pass -Norman Knowles

A Century of Education in the Elk Valley -Chris Chala and Wayne Norton

The Fernie United Soccer Team: Triumph and Perseverance -Jason Josey

Barber on the Borde -Al La Chance

Frank: After the Slide -Anne Spatuk

Music and Musicians: A Collection of Photographs -Wayne Norton

A Most Unusual Hunt -Grace Dvorak

"We Came to Find Bread": The Polish Community in the Crowsnest Pass -Claire Chuchla

Growing Up in Graftontown: An Immigrant Experience -Peter Miasek

"Noi andiamo a Farnie bee chi": Italian Experience in the Elk Valley -Mary Giuliano

Joseph Frederick Spalding: Photographer-Tourist-Visionary -Mike Pennock

Part Two: Politics and Economy

Politicians of the Pass -Wayne Norton and Tom Langford

"Just A Working Man": Tom Uphill -Robert McDonald

The One Big Union and the Crowsnest Pass -Wesley Morgan

Eight Months in Office -Garth Turcott

Fighting Fascism in Spain, 1936-39: Volunteers From the Crowsnest Pass -Tom Langford

The Medalta Potteries Strike: An Appeal to the Pass -Cindy Loch-Drake

Public Administration in Fernie, 1935-46 -Wayne Norton

An Alternate Vision of Community: Crowsnest Miners and their local Unions During the 1940s and 1950s -Tom Langford

The Challenge above Ground: Tipple Technology before the First World War -Lorry Felske

Mine Safety and Mine Rescue -Mike Pennock

In Search of the Radical Past -Kevin Neish

Coal Creek 1902: A Centennial Comment -Wayne Norton and Tom Langford

Reflections on the Hillcrest Mine Disaster -John Kinnear

One Hundred Years of Writing: A Crowsnest Bibliography -Keith Regular

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