Awards

• Winner of J.J. Talman Award - Ontario Historical Society 2008 (Canada)

Overview

The 1965 Canada-United States Automotive Trade agreement fundamentally reshaped relations between the automotive business and the state in both countries and represented a significant step toward the creation of an integrated North American economy. Breaking from previous conceptions of the agreement as solely a product of intergovernmental negotiation, Dimitry Anastakis's Auto Pact argues that the 'big three' auto companies played a pivotal role - and benefited immensely - in the creation and implementation of this new automotive regime. With the border effectively erased by the agreement, the pact transformed these giant enterprises into truly global corporations. Drawing from newly released archival sources, Anastakis demonstrates that, for Canada's automotive policy makers, continentalism was a form of economic nationalism. Although the deal represented the end of any notion of an indigenous Canadian automotive industry, significant economic gains were achieved for Canadians under the agreement. Anastakis provides a fresh and alternative view of the auto pact that places it firmly within contemporary debates about the nature of free trade as well as North American - and, indeed, global - integration. Far from being a mere artefact of history, the deal was a forebearer to what is now known as 'globalization.'

Full Product Details

Author:   Dimitry Anastakis
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9780802038210

ISBN 10:   0802038212
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 November 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction * The Canadian Auto Industry, 1900-1963 * Canadian State Intervention in the Auto Industry and the Failure of Automotive Free Trade, 1963-1964 * The Big Three and the Creation of a Borderless Auto Industry, 1965 * The Implementation of the Auto Pact, 1965-1966 103 * Managing the Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1965-1968 * Consolidating the Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1968-1971 Conclusion: The Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1971-2001 Appendix A. Text of the Automotive Products Trade Agreement, 1965 AppendixB. Sample Letter of Undertaking, Ford Motor Company of Canada Appendix C. Automotive Statistics, 1960-1999 Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

Reviews

There is no book that even approaches what Dimitry Anastakis has written. Auto Pact is the only detailed, archival-based study of the deal. The scholarship is sound and the research is very impressive. It is well written and addresses a critical Canadian industry.' Maureen Appel Molot, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

Author Information

Dimitry Anastakis is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Trent University.

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