Stephen Endicott

Raising the Workers' Flag

The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A gripping account of the League's dreams and daring, Raising the Workers' Flag enlivens some of the most dramatic struggles of Canadian labour history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 149mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 755g
• ISBN-13: 9781442612266
• ISBN-10: 1442612266
• Artikelnr.: 34462307

Autorenporträt

Stephen L. Endicott is a professor emeritus in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface & Acknowledgements
Chapter 1Workers in Canada's Second Industrial Revolution
Chapter 2The Red International
Chapter 3Getting Started
Chapter 4Going to 'Mecca'
Chapter 51931: Trial by Fire
Chapter 6Red Blairmore
Chapter 71932: Confronting the Prime Minister
Chapter 8The First Congress of the Workers' Unity League 1932
Chapter 9Women of the Workers' Unity League
Chapter 10Hard Rock Miners: Anyox - Flin Flon - Noranda
Chapter 111933: Gaining Momentum
Chapter 12Sweatshops and Militancy in the Needle Trades
Chapter 13Woodsmen of the West
Chapter 14Fishers in the Salish Sea
Chapter 15Not Hot Cakes or Foremen - On to Ottawa!
Chapter 16Changing Times: the final convention of the WUL
Chapter 17Afterword
Appendixes
Bibliography
Photo Credits
Index