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The article reviews the book, "Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan Era," by Alexander Cockburn.

The Dominion of Newfoundland gave up responsible government in 1934. From then until 1949, when it joined Canada, Newfoundland was governed by a Commission responsible to the British government in Westminster. The ostensible cause of the collapse of democratic government in Newfoundland was a financial crisis and the country's impending bankruptcy triggered by a drastic fall in state revenue during the depression of the early 1930s. The financial side of the crisis. Newfoundland's economic weakness, and the broad political events of the period have received considerable attention. But aspects of Newfoundland's internal politics have not received the attention they deserve. It has been noted that there was little opposition to the movement in favour of an end to democratic government developed in Newfoundland in the early 1930s. It is aspects of this movement that are examined in this paper. Why did people in Newfoundland not only accept, but in many cases openly work for, and end to responsible government? In trying to answer this question attention is focused on the actions of labour leaders and the political representatives of the working classes. In particular, the disillusion with democracy of two key reformers, J.R. Smallwood, the founder of the first Newfoundland Federation of Labour, and William Coaker, the founder of the Fishermen's Protective Union, is explored.

The article briefly reviews "Working People and Hard Times: Canadian Perspectives," edited by Robert Argue, Charlene Gannage, and D.W. Livingstone, "Social Movements/Social Change: The Politics and Practice of Organizing," edited by Frank Cunningham, Sue Findlay, Mar-lene Kadar, Alan Lennon, and Ed Silva, "Life Spaces: Gender, Household, Employment," edited by Caroline Andrew and Beth Moore Milroy, "Changing Patterns: Women in Canada," edited by Sandra Burt, Lorraine Code, and Lindsay Dorney, "Cape Breton Lives: A Book from Cape Breton's Magazine," edited by Ronald Caplan, "Feudal Society and Colonization: The Historiography of New France," by Roberta Hamilton, "Conspicuous Production: Automobiles and Elites in Detroit, 1899-1933," by Donald Finlay Davis, "In the Shadow of the Statue of Liberty: Immigrants, Workers, and Citizens in the American Republic, 1880-1920," edited by Marianne Debouzy, "The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair, introduction by James R. Barrett, "Sealskin and Shoddy: Working Women in American Labor Press Fiction, 1870-1920," edited by Ann Schofield, "Union Maids Not Wanted: Organizing Domestic Workers, 1870-1940," by Donna L. Van Raaphorst, "Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: Interim Report" by the New York State Organized Crime Task Force, "A Revolutionary of the Heart: Essays on the Catholic Worker," edited by Patrick G. Coy, "Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars," edited by Margaret Randolph Higonnet, Jane Jensen, Sonya Michel, and Margaret Collins Weitz, "Women in the First Capitalist Society: Experiences in Seventeenth-Century England," by Margaret George, "Sectarian Violence: The Liverpool Experience, 1819-1914," by Frank Neal, "Childhood in Nineteenth-Century France: Work, Health and Education Among the Classes Populaires," by Colin Heywood, "Stalin's Industrial Revolution: Politics and Workers, 1928-1932," by Hiroaki Kuromiya, and "House and Street: The Domestic World of Servants and Masters in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro," by Sandra Lauderdale Graham.

The article briefly reviews "Canadian Papers in Business History," edited by Peter Baskerville, "Challenging the Regional Stereotype: Essays on the 20th Century," by E.R. Forbes, "The Development of the Pacific Salmon-Canning Industry: A Grown Man's Game," edited by Dianne Newell, " Arrangiarsi: The Italian Immigration Experience in Canada," edited by Roberto Perin and Franc Sturino, "One Man's War: Reflections of a Rough Diamond," by Milan (Mike) Bosnien, "Dissent and the State," edited by C.E.S. Franks, "Family Life Impacts of Offshore OU and Gas Employment," by Keith Storey, Mark Shrimpton, Jane Lewis and David Clark, "Jacobins and Jeffersonians: Anglo-American Radicalism in the United States, 1790-1820," by Richard J. Twomey, "The Samuel Gompers Papers: v. 3 — Unrest and Depression. 1891-94," edited by Stuart J. Kaufman and Peter J. Albert, "Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl," by Hilda Scott Polacheck, "The Butte Irish: Class and Ethnicity in an American Mining Town, 1875-1925," by David M. Emmons, "Homework: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Paid Labor at Home," edited by Eileen Boris and Cynthia R. Daniels, "Women, Class and the Feminist Imagination," edited by Karevn V. Hansen and Dene J. Philipson, "The Roots of Community Organizing, 1917-1939," edited by Neil Betten and Michael J. Austin, "Communities in Economic Crisis: Appalachia and the South," edited by John Oaventa, Barbara Ellen Smith, and Alex Willingham, "On the Line," by Harvey Swados, "Poletown: Community Betrayed," by Jeanie Wylie, "Occupation and Class Consciousness in America," by Douglas M. Eichar, "Planned to Death: The annihilation of a place called Howdendyke," by J. Douglas Porteous, "John Strachey," by Michael Newman, "A Secretary and a Cook: Challenging Women's Wages in the Courts of the United States and Great Britain," by Steven L. Willborn, "Visible Histories: Women and Environments in a Post-War British City," by Suzanne Mackenzie, "Strikes, Wars, and Revolutions in International Perspective: Strike Waves in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries," edited by Leopold Haimson and Charles Tilly, "The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, 1776-1848," by Robin Blackburn, "Labor and Industrial Relations Journals and Serials: An Analytical Guide," by Michael C. Vocino, Jr., and Lucille W. Cameron, "Labor Markets in Action: Essays in Empirical Economics," by Richard B. Freeman, and "For Freedom and Dignity: Historical Agency and Class Structures in the Coalfields of NSW," by Andrew Metcalfe.

The article reviews the book "Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working-Class Culture in America," by Michael Denning.

The article reviews the book, "A Matter of Hours: Women, Part-Time Work and the Labour Market," by Veronica Beechey and Tessa Perkins.

The article discusses the significance of gender in the debate over unemployment insurance in Canada in the late 1930s. The longstanding belief that the man was the head of the household is described, noting that the Great Depression undermined men's confidence in their role as head of the household and main provider. The question of how concern for women was related to the debate over unemployment insurance is discussed, noting that the large number of unemployed women in the Great Depression was almost entirely ignored at the time.

The article pays homage to the historian and labour activist, John Ross Bullen, who taught at the Labour College of Canada in Ottawa. Includes a photo of Bullen.

The article reviews the book, "Les Juifs progressistes au Québec," by Allen Gottheil.

The article reviews the book, "Flexibility and Labour Markets in Canada and the United States," edited by Gilles Laflamme, Gregor Murray, Jacques Belanger and Gilles Ferland.

Reviewed: Histoire Générale du Canada. Brown, Craig, ed.

The article reviews the book "Beyond the Martyrs: A Social History of Chicago's Anarchists, 1870-1900," by Bruce C. Nelson.

The article reviews the book, "Reshaping the US Left: Popular Struggles in the 1980s," edited by Mike David and Michael Sprinker.

The article reviews the books "Which Side Were You on Boys...Canadian Life on the Left," by Peter Hunter and "A Communist Life: Jack Scott and the Canadian Workers Movement 1927-1985," by Jack Scott.

Le but de cet article est de comparer l'efficacité de la conciliation volontaire et de la conciliation obligatoire au Québec.

The article reviews the book, "La vie d'artiste. Le cinquantenaire de l'Union des Artistes," by Louis Caron.

Utilisant les données d'une enquête spéciale de Statistique Canada, l'auteur examine d'abord la dynamique du marché du travail au Québec comparativement à celle du Canada et de l'Ontario. Il étudie ensuite la situation spécifique au Québec en se concentrant sur les travailleurs déplacés et recyclés.

The article reviews the book, "Images of Appalachian Coalfields," by Builder Levy.

Les auteurs présentent les données de deux études québécoises menées respectivement en 1983 et 1986 sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail. Les résultats sont présentés sous sept rubriques distinctes: 1) types de comportements harcelants; 2) caractéristiques de la personne harcelée; 3) caractéristiques du harceleur; 4) lien d'autorité (ou organisationnel) existant entre la personne harcelée et le harceleur; 5) réactions des personnes harcelées, des tiers et des harceleurs; 6) conséquences vécues par les personnes harcelées et les harceleurs et 7) caractéristiques des milieux du travail dans lesquels se trouvaient les personnes harcelées.

The radicalism of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in the early 20th century placed it outside of the dominant, contemporary social ideology. At the same time, there were large numbers of unskilled, migrant, and largely immigrant workers employed in seasonal, labour-intensive industries, whose social and economic marginalization made them receptive to the IWW's radicalism, while the IWW was prepared for the radical step of attempting to organize them. This paper is a study of the IWW's efforts to organize the unemployed of Edmonton and Calgary during the depression of 1913-1915: most were transient and unskilled; many had just arrived from railway construction camps in the interior where the IWW had led massive strikes. The tactics used in the struggle included large demonstrations, the invasion of churches, and refusals to pay for restaurant meals. But the special nature of unemployment — which was caused by the economic system, threatened the men's integrity as workers, but was dealt with by the State — allows a careful examination of the practical effects of the IWW's ideology. Other Canadian cities saw protests by the unemployed, but only the IWW in Alberta asked for work at the best going rate for general labour, 30 cents an hour, and if they could not get that they demanded free food and accommodation. They tried to preserve the men's integrity as labourers, based on a belief that unemployment was not an inevitable experience to be passively endured, but a nefarious consequence of capitalism to be actively resisted. The IWW also fostered an inter-ethnic solidarity founded on a right to work, "regardless of race, color or nationality." However, the IWW's efforts also took place within very narrowly circumscribed limits: the workers they represented had little economic bargaining power and less still in a time of unemployment. when they were dependent on urban political authorities to whom most had no other connection. Their political force was only equal to their threat to public order and hungry men were no match for the police. Moreover, responsibility for their relief was thrust onto municipalities which could barely afford to care for the resident unemployed. In the end, the difficulty of achieving even short-term material gains must have discouraged most workers and doomed the organization to instability.