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Driving into the World: From the Oil Crisis to the Millenium
From: Car Nation Canada
$1.40
In this chapter, Anastakis describes the history of Canada’s auto industry from early 1970s to 2000. He covers the history of key manufacturing firms, including incoming Japanese and Swedish firms, upstarts and shutdowns. He discusses the impact trade agreements on the industry, as well as how safety rules reshaped vehicle production. In this period issues about the industry’s impacts on the environment and society emerged in Canada. With extensive illustrations.
Contributors
Dimitry Anastakis
Dimitry Anastakis is professor and the Wilson/Currie Chair in Canadian Business History at the University of Toronto and his primary research examines Canada's role in the North American auto industry. He is the author of numerous books, including Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin’s Fantastic SV1 and the End of Industrial Modernity and Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960–1971. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
