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The article reviews the book, "Wage Labor and Guilds in Medieval Europe," by Steven A. Epstein .

The article reviews the book, "The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism," by Gösta Esping-Andersen.

Unemployment is once again a pernicious and growing fact of life in Canada. Stephen McBride rejects economic interpretations of the return of high unemployment after decades in which Canada enjoyed almost full employment. He argues that the phenomenon can best be understood as the product of a political choice by policy makers - a choice which can plausibly be linked to the preferences and growing power of Canadian business in the post-1975 period. This argument is based on an evaluation of the implications of the monetarist economic paradigm whose influence in the late 1970s, a comparative survey of the policy strategies followed in other countries and the employment outcomes associated with them, and a systematic examination of Canadian public policy in the macroeconomic, labour market, unemployment insurance, and industrial relations areas. McBride's analysis reveals the state's increasing emphasis on addressing the accumulation demands of capital and decreasing emphasis on the provision of concrete benefits (such as full employment and social services) to citizens. Much state activity can be understood as an attempt to legitimate by ideological change the means the change in the state's priorities and the shifting balance of benefits conferred by public policy. Thus the Canadian state has played an important role in managing the return to a high unemployment regime. --Publisher's description

The article reviews and comments on the books, "Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill Word," by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, James Leloudis, Robert Korstad, Mary Murphy, LuAnn Jones, and Christopher Daly, and "Habits of Industry: White Culture and the Transformation of the Carolina Piedmont," by Allen Tullos.

The article reviews the book, "Vancouver's Chinatown: Racial Discourse in Canada, 1875-1980," by Kay J. Anderson.

The article reviews the book, "A Fool for Christ: The Political Thought of J. S. Woodsworth," by Allen Mills.

The article reviews the book, "Workers and the State in Twentieth Century Nova Scotia," edited by Michael Earle.

The article reviews the book, "Comprendre et prévenir le burnout," by Claude Gervais.

The article reviews the book, "La sélection du personnel: pour trouver l'excellence," by Denis Boucher and Christian Doyon.

The article reviews the book, "Les besoins de formation en management: principes et méthodes de diagnostic," by Milan Kubr and Joseph Prokopenko.

The article reviews the book, "Sachez évaluer votre personnel: le chemin de la réussite," by Denis Boucher and Christian Doyon.

The article reviews the book, "Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920," by Ted Ownby.

Introduces and provides background on the letter written on Feb. 21, 1939, from Victor Midgley in New Zealand to his friend and fellow socialist, Angus MacInnis, in Vancouver. Midgley, who was formerly a prominent member of the BC labour movement and the CCF, gives his assessment of union and political affairs in New Zealand, where a Labour government was then in power. The opening page of the handwritten letter is reproduced.

Cet article examine l'implication sociale et politique d'un groupe de ménagères de la classe ouvrière au cours du vingtième siècle. Dès leur formation en 1905, jusque dans les années trente, les locaux canadiens de la Ligue auxiliaire de l'Association internationale des machinistes ont promu des activités de nature familiale au sein du mouvement ouvrier et syndical. Ils ont également offert à leurs membres un centre d'éducation et d'action politique important. Après la deuxième guerre mondiale cependant, alors que les membres de la Ligue continuent de s'impliquer publiquement au sein de leurs communautés, elles expriment un sentiment d'appartenance au mouvement syndical et ouvrier nettement plus ambigu. L'évolution de la Ligue est examiné à la lumière des changements structurels qui affectent le mouvement syndical au cours des années trente et quarante.

The article reviews the book, "European Centre for Work and Society," edited by George Spyropoulos and Gabriel Fragnière.

The article reviews two books: "On the Political Economy of Social Democracy: Selected Papers of J. C. Weldon," edited by Allen Fenichel and Sydney Ingerman, and "Economic Theory, Welfare and the State: Essays in Honour of J. C. Weldon," edited by Athanasios Asimakopulos, Robert Cairns and Christopher Green.

The article reviews two books: "Uncommon Property: The Fishing and Fish-Processing Industries in British Columbia," edited by Patricia Marchak, Neil Guppy, and John McMulla, and "Salmon: The Decline of the British Columbia Fishery," by Geoff Meggs.

The extent to which the probability of union membership is affected by demographic characteristics, occupational characteristics, and labor policies is examined. The results for the first 2 sets of factors show that married workers are more union-prone, whereas those with working spouses are less likely to become union members. Age is also significantly related to the probability of union membership, but education and gender are not. The results indicate that blue-collar workers and full-time employees are more likely to become union members. The most important finding, however, is that labor provisions do affect the probability of union membership. If the trade union movement wants to increase its membership, it should lobby for a reduction in the minimum support requirement during certification application and for a majority status based on those voting during certification elections. The movement may also want to support statutes protecting workers against their own unions.

The article reviews the book, "Belated Feudalism: Labor, the Law, and Liberal Development in the United States," by Karen Orren.

The article briefly reviews "'Just Call Me Mitch': The Life of Mitchell F. Hepburn," by John T. Saywell, "Duff Pattullo of British Columbia," by Robin Fisher, "Social Democracy Without Illusions: Renewal of the Canadian Left," edited by John Richards, Robert D. Cairns, and Larry Pratt, " Frontier and Metropolis: Regions, Cities, and Identities in Canada," by J.M.S. Careless, "Women Who Taught: Perspectives on the History of Women and Teaching," edited by Alison Prentice and Marjorie R. Theobald, "Community Organization and the Canadian State," edited by Roxana Ng, Gillian Walker, and Jacob Muller, "More Than Our Jobs: An Anthology," edited by Glen Downie and Pam Tranfield, "Immigrant Odyssey: A French-Canadian Habitant in New England," by Felix Albert, introduced by Frances H. Early, "The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker," by Theresa Serber Malkiel, introduced by Francois Basch, "The Re-Education of the American Working Class," edited by Steven H. London, Elvira R. Tarr, and Joseph F. Wilson, "The Anti-Chinese Movement in California," by Clarence Sandmeyer, "The Fictitious Commodity: A Study of the U.S. Labor Market. 1880-1940," by Ton Korver, "Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression," by Robin D.G. Kelley, "Masters to Managers: Historical and Comparative Perspectives on American Employers," edited by Sanford M. Jacoby, "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round: The Pursuit of Racial Justice in the Rural South," by Richard A. Couto, "The 60s Experience: Hard Lessons About Modern America," by Edward P. Morgan, "The Rise of Financial Capitalism: International Capital Markets in the Age of Reason," by Larry Neal, "The Struggle For Market Power: Industrial Relations in the British Coal Industry, 1800-1840," by James A. Jaffe, "Industrialization and the Working Class: The English Experience, 1750-1900," by John Belchem, "The ILP on Clydeside, 1893-1932: From Foundation to Disintegration," edited by Alan McKinlay and R.J. Morris, "What's Left? Women in Culture and the Labour Movement," by Linda Swindells and Lisa Jardin, "Writing Women's History: International Perspectives," edited by Karen Offen, Ruth Roach Pierson, and Jane Rendall, "Agrarian Capitalism and the World Market: Buenos Aires in the Pastoral Age, 1840-1890," by Hilda Sabato, "Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy," by Dale W. Tomich, and "The Welfare State in Capitalist Society: Policies of Retrenchment and Maintenance in Europe, North America, and Australia," by Ramesh Mishra.