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Title:Canadian Working Class History, 3rd Edition : Selected Readings
Author:Laurel Sefton MacDowell & Ian Radforth (eds)
ISBN:1551302985 : 9781551302980
Illustrations:tables
Format:Paperback
Size:170x250mm
Pages:452
Weight: .76 Kg.
Published:Canadian Scholars' Press - March 2006
List Price: 27.49 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Social & cultural history: Canada


We are all affected by the changing nature of work in Canada and the changing lives of the people who do the work. This book focusses on the working class in Canada; its history, its politics, and its social groups. This is a strong collection which includes articles on the impact of various factors on the history of labour, such as environment, race, and gender.

Part I - The Pre-Industrial and Early Industrial Eras (1830-1890); Part II - The Industrial Age (1890-1939); Part III - Wartime and Post-war Prosperity (1939-74); Part IV - From Stagflation to Globalisation (1974-2000).