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The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 Craig Heron

The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 By Craig Heron

The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 by Craig Heron


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A clear, concise portrait of one of the most dramatic moments in the history of working-class life and class relations generally in Canada ? the upsurge of working-class protest at the end of the First World War.

The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 Summary

The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 by Craig Heron

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.

About Craig Heron

Craig Heron is a professor in the Department of History at York University.

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NLS9780802080820
9780802080820
0802080820
The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 by Craig Heron
New
Paperback
University of Toronto Press
1998-05-16
382
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