Canadian Working-Class History
Selected Readings
3rd Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
452 pages
978-1-55130-298-0 (ISBN)
Description
Canadian Working-Class History: Selected Readings, Third Edition, is an updated version of the bestselling reader that brings together recent and classic scholarship on the history, politics, and social groups of the working class in Canada. Some of the changes readers will find in the new edition include better representation of women scholars and nine provocative and ground-breaking new articles on racism and human rights; women's equality; gender history; Quebec sovereignty; and the environment.
Reviews / Votes
There is a definite need for a book of this kind. The book brings a wide range of readings together in a single source. This collection is a thorough and balanced sampling of the best writing in Canadian labour history."" - Jeffery Taylor, Athabasca UniversityMore details
Edition
Third Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55130-298-0 (9781551302980)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Laurel Sefton MacDowell teaches Canadian history in the Department of History, University of Toronto. She is a co-editor of Canadian Working Class History: Selected Readings, 2nd edition and Patterns of the Past: Re-interpreting Ontario's History, a past editor of the journal Ontario History, and the author of numerous articles.
Ian Radforth teaches in the history department at the University of Toronto.
Ian Radforth teaches in the history department at the University of Toronto.
Content
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 Confederation des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), the Idea of Independence, and the Sovereigntist Movement, 1960-80, Ralph Peter Guentzel
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
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 Confederation des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), the Idea of Independence, and the Sovereigntist Movement, 1960-80, Ralph Peter Guentzel
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