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Canadian Working-Class History

Canadian Working-Class History

Selected Readings

Edited by Laurel Sefton MacDowell and Ian Radforth

Published by: Canadian Scholars

Imprint: Canadian Scholars

452 Pages, 172.00 × 245.00 × 23.00 mm

Paperback
9781551302980
Published: March 2006

£49.00

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Preface to the Third Edition
Part I: The Pre-Industrial and Early Industrial Eras (1830-1890)
Chapter 1: Farm Households and Wage Labour in the Northeastern Maritimes in the Early Nineteenth Century, Rusty Bittermann
Chapter 2: Class Conflict on the Canals of Upper Canada in the 1840s, Ruth Bleasdale
Chapter 3: ""The Honest Workingman"" and Workers' Control: The Experience of Toronto Skilled Workers, 1860-92, Gregory S. Kealey
Chapter 4: The Knights of Labor and the Salvation Army: Religion and Working-Class Culture in Ontario, 1882-90, Lynne Marks
Chapter 5: Joe Beef of Montreal: Working-Class Culture and the Tavern, 1869-89, Peter DeLottinville
Chapter 6: After the Fur Trade: The Aboriginal Labouring Class of British Columbia, 1849-90, John Lutz
Part II: The Industrial Age (1890-1939)
Chapter 7: The Craftsmen's Spectacle: Labour Day Parades in Canada, The Early Years, Craig Heron and Steve Penfold
Chapter 8: Class, Job, and Gender in the Canadian Office, Graham S. Lowe
Chapter 9: Exclusion or Solidarity? Vancouver Workers Confront the ""Oriental Problem"" , Gillian Creese
Chapter 10: The Radical Alien and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, Donald Avery
Chapter 11: Solving the Labour Problem at Imperial Oil: Welfare Capitalism in the Canadian Petroleum Industry, 1919-29, H.M. Grant
Chapter 12: Against All Odds: The Progressive Arts Club's Production of Waiting for Lefty, Bonita Bray
Part III: Wartime and Post-War Prosperity (1939-74)
Chapter 13: The Formation of the Canadian Industrial Relations System during World War Two, Laurel Sefton MacDowell
Chapter 14: Women and Income Security in the Post-War Period: The Case of Unemployment Insurance, 1945-62, Ann Porter
Chapter 15: The Red Petticoat Brigade: Mine Mill Women's Auxiliaries and the ""Threat from Within,"" 1940s-70s, Mercedes Steedman
Chapter 16: ""The Dresden Story"": Racism, Human Rights, and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada, Ross Lambertson
Chapter 17: Defending Honour, Demanding Respect: Manly Discourse and Gendered Practice in Two Construction Strikes, Toronto, 1960-61, Franca Iacovetta
Part IV: From Stagflation to Globalization (1974-2000)
Chapter 18: The Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), the Idea of Independence, and the Sovereigntist Movement, 1960-80, Ralph Peter Güntzel
Chapter 19: Alberta Nurses and the ""Illegal"" Strike of 1988, Rebecca Coulter
Chapter 20: Greening the Workplace: Unions and the Environment, Laurel Sefton MacDowell
Chapter 21: Life in a Fast Food Factory, Ester Reiter
Chapter 22: Globalization, Nationalism, and Internationalism, Sam Gindon