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This article reviews the book, "The Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada: A Collection of Documents," edited by Colin Read and Ronald J. Stagg.
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This article reviews the book, "Contemporary Canadian Labour Relations," by John A. Willes.
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This article reviews the book, "The Labor History Reader," by Daniel J. Leab.
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This article reviews the book, "Culture, Ideology and Politics," edited by Raphael and Gareth Stedman Jones.
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The Port Alberni and Prince George districts of British Columbia experienced the beginnings of an extensive forest industry at about the same time, the second decade of the twentieth century, and both regions were destined to become substantial lumber centres. Yet in their early period of development, before the major changes of the 1940s, the two communities had distinct growth patterns: by 1939 the Port Alberni district had emerged as a prosperous lumber-producing centre housing an active, coordinaed working class while the Prince George district remained an economic backwater with a weak forest industry base, an ill-formed class, and quiscent labour movement. Simple economic or geographic explanations do not begin to address the complexity of the histories of the two regions. Only by closely examining the lumber companies, the sawmill workers, the loggers, and the broader community can the local historical contexts be understood. Further, exogenous factors such as western Canadian working-class initiatives, the role of the provincial state, and the shifting international lumber trade must also be taken into account. Business decisions, union drives, strike action, and political structures were all intertwined in shaping the velopment of these fringe areas of the province. By comparing the two forest districts this thesis not only highlights the various elements that interacted in creating the forest economics and forest-based communities, it also sheds light on the development of British Columbia's most important industry and the history of the western Canadian working class.
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This article reviews the book, "Time Without Work," by Walli F. Leff and Marilyn G. Haft.
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L'avènement de l'instruction obligatoire au Québec en 1943 s'inscrit dans un tissu de relations complexes, d'alliances, et de luttes très longues. Contrairement à ce que laisse croire l'histoire officielle, le mouvement ouvrier et le mouvement paysan ont joué un rôle actif dans cette longue «querelle.» Quoique prenant part dans cette lutte, ces mouvements ont aussi été très divisés. Alors que le Congrès des métiers et du travail du Canada (CMTC) appuie la fréquentation scolaire obligatoire, la Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada (CTCC), et l'Union Catholique des cultivateurs (UCC) s'y opposent durement. L'influence que l'Église Catholique exerce sur la CTCC et l'UCC explique en partie le refus catégorique de ces deux organisations, mais sans plus. La composition des membres de chacune, les secteurs d'implantation de celles-ci, le type d'agriculture dominant au Québec et les coûts liés à l'éducation ont joué un rôle déterminant dans les positions des organisations étudiées.
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This article reviews the book, "Shaky Palaces: Homeownership and Social Mobility in Boston's Suburbanization," by M. Edel, E. D. Sclar and D. Luria.
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This article reviews the book, " Dictionnaire canadien des relations du travail," by Gérard Dion.
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This article reviews the book, "Foucault, Marxism and History: Mode of Production versus Mode of Information," by Mark Poster.
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Most recent studies of the relationship between technological change and mining labour in the western metal-mining regions of North America have concentrated on the impact of the mechanization of the industry that took place during the second half of the nineteenth century. The distinct impression is left that the increased use of machinery — especially the machine drill — was the chief factor in reducing the skill levels associated with mining as a craft tradition. Preoccupation with machinery has led to the assumption that by the beginning of the twentieth century the transformation to modern forms of mining was essentially complete and the traditional miner an anachronism. Mining as practiced prior to 1900 differed qualitatively and quantitatively from the subsequent period of "modern mining;" but the introduction of machinery per se was less important to the reorganization of the patterns of work in the mines than the redesigning of the engineering systems in which workers and machines were employed — a process which gained its full momentum in the decades after 1900. This transformation involved the gradual abandonment of low-volume, high-value, selective mining methods in favour of higher volume, non-selective methods which emphasised the quantity rather than the quality of the ore mined. The change redefined the nature of work in and around the mines, putting an end to a tradition of mining practice that was at least as old as the methods described in Agricola's De Re Metalica, something the initial mechanization of mining had never been intended to accomplish. Under selective mining practices, machinery was used to assist the skilled miner in his traditional task. Under non-selective or mass mining techniques, a new generation of engineers trained in the applied sciences redefined the miner's work as solutions were sought to the problems of an increasingly complex geology in a climate of rapid economic expansion, chronic over-production, generally declining metal prices, and ever increasing production costs. The efforts and successes of these engineers were amply demonstrated in the fields of mining, metallurgical, and human engineering. The impact of the change is evident in varying degrees throughout the metal-mining community; but by focusing on copper mining — the technological leader from 1900 to 1930 — the full impact of the industrial sciences on mine labour is evident.
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This article reviews the book, "Technological Change : The Tripartite Response, 1982-85," by B.I.T.
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This paper examines the factors considered in proving sexual harassment and in determining compensation and remedies
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This article reviews the book, "Terveisiä Ruusa-tädiltä: Kanadan suomalaisten ensimmäinen sukupolvi," edited by Varpu Lindstrom-Best & Charles M. Sutyla.
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This article reviews the book, "Late Marx and the Russian Road: Marx and 'The Peripheries of Capitalism'," edited by Teodor Shanin.
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This article reviews the book, "La participation". Enciclopedia de Dirreccion y Administracion de la Empresa, Fasciculo 82," by Dimitri Weiss.
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This article reviews the book, "Miners, Peasants and Entrepreneurs: Regional Development in the Central Highlands of Peru," by Norman Long and Bryan Roberts.
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This article reviews the book, "What Do Unions Do?," by Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff.
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Notes that the journal is celebrating its 10th anniversary and will be hosting two sessions at the annual meeting of the Canadian Historical Association in Winnipeg.
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