Professor Don Nerbas聽won the聽聽from the Canadian Historical Association for his article聽"鈥楲awless Coal Miners鈥� and the Lingan Strike of 1882鈥�1883: Remaking Political Order on Cape Breton鈥檚 Sydney Coalfield鈥�.,听92, 81鈥�122.
聽praised this article for masterfully combining "local labour history with the wider social and economic changes that marked Cape Breton鈥檚 coalfields at the end of the 19th聽century. Much more than simply an insightful study of political economy,听Nerbas聽combines聽immigration and demographic histories with political culture and local custom for a beautifully articulated project. In tying regional practice to both the National Policy and Canada鈥檚 place in the global system of commodity exchange, this highly readable study sheds significant light regarding an episode previously understood simply as a 鈥渟hort-lived rebellion of passing significance.鈥�