| The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 Contributor(s): Heron, Craig (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0802042384 ISBN-13: 9780802042385 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $101.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1998 Annotation: Canadians Often Consider The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 To Be The defining event in working-class history following the First World War. This book, the collaboration of nine labour historians, shows the unrest was both more diverse and widespread across the country than is generally believed. The authors clarify what happened in working-class Canada at the end of the war and situate 'the workers' revolt' within the larger structure of Canadian social, economic, and political history. They argue that, despite a national pattern, the upsurge of protest took different courses and faced different obstacles in each region of the country. Their essays shed light on the extent of the revolt on a national level while retaining a sensitivity to regional distinctiveness. Utilizing the approaches of social history, this study moves beyond the strike history and union organization that characterized conventional labour history, and re-examines what was once called the 'western revolt.' The Workers' Revolt in Canada combines fresh archival research with a great body of secondary literature on the subject to produce a compelling new synthesis, which will be of great use to teachers and of interest to economists, sociologists, and historians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 331.892 |
| LCCN: 98180524 |
| Series: Heritage |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.2" W x 9.46" (1.64 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - Manitoba |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Canadians often consider the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 to be the defining event in working-class history after the First World War. This book, the collaboration of nine labour historians, shows that the unrest was both more diverse and more widespread across the country than is generally believed. The authors clarify what happened in working-class Canada at the end of the war and situate 'the workers' revolt' within the larger structure of Canadian social, economic, and political history. They argue that, despite a national pattern, the upsurge of protest took different courses and faced different obstacles in each region of the country. Their essays shed light on the extent of the revolt nationally while retaining a sensitivity to regional distinctiveness. Drawing on the approaches of social history, this study moves beyond the history of the strike and union organization that characterizes conventional labour history, and re-examines what was once called the 'western revolt.' The Workers' Revolt in Canada combines fresh archival research with a great body of secondary literature on the subject to produce a compelling new synthesis, which will be of great use to teachers and of interest to economists, sociologists, and historians. |
Contributor Bio(s): Heron, Craig: - Craig Heron is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at York University and author of Working Steel: The Early Years in Canada, 1883-1935, also published by University of Toronto Press. |