Full bibliography
Canadian Working-Class History: Selected Readings
- MacDowell, Laurel Sefton (Editor)
- Radforth, Ian Walter (Editor)
Contents: Part I: The Pre-Industrial and Early Industrial Eras (1830–1890). 1: Farm Households and Wage Labour in the Northeastern Maritimes in the Early Nineteenth Century / Rusty Bittermann -- 2: Class Conflict on the Canals of Upper Canada in the 1840s / Ruth Bleasdale -- 3: “The Honest Workingman” and Workers’ Control: The Experience of Toronto Skilled Workers, 1860–92 / Gregory S. Kealey -- 4: The Knights of Labor and the Salvation Army: Religion and Working-Class Culture in Ontario, 1882–90 / Lynne Marks -- 5: Joe Beef of Montreal: Working-Class Culture and the Tavern, 1869–89 / Peter DeLottinville -- 6: After the Fur Trade: The Aboriginal Labouring Class of British Columbia, 1849–90 / John Lutz. Part II: The Industrial Age (1890–1939). 7: The Craftsmen’s Spectacle: Labour Day Parades in Canada, The Early Years / Craig Heron and Steve Penfold -- 8: Class, Job, and Gender in the Canadian Office / Graham S. Lowe -- 9: Exclusion or Solidarity? Vancouver Workers Confront the “Oriental Problem” / Gillian Creese -- 10: The Radical Alien and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 / Donald Avery -- 11: Solving the Labour Problem at Imperial Oil: Welfare Capitalism in the Canadian Petroleum Industry, 1919–29, / H.M. Grant -- 12: Against All Odds: The Progressive Arts Club’s Production of Waiting for Lefty / Bonita Bray. Part III: Wartime and Post-War Prosperity (1939–74). 13: The Formation of the Canadian Industrial Relations System during World War Two / Laurel Sefton MacDowell -- 14: Women and Income Security in the Post-War Period: The Case of Unemployment Insurance, 1945–62 / Ann Porter -- 15: The Red Petticoat Brigade: Mine Mill Women’s Auxiliaries and the “Threat from Within,” 1940s–70s / Mercedes Steedman -- 16: “The Dresden Story”: Racism, Human Rights, and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada / Ross Lambertson -- 17: Defending Honour, Demanding Respect: Manly Discourse and Gendered Practice in Two Construction Strikes, Toronto, 1960–61 / Franca Iacovetta. Part IV: From Stagflation to Globalization (1974–2000). 18: The Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), the Idea of Independence, and the Sovereigntist Movement, 1960–80 / Ralph Peter Güntzel -- 19: Alberta Nurses and the “Illegal” Strike of 1988 / Rebecca Coulter -- 20: Greening the Workplace: Unions and the Environment / Laurel Sefton MacDowell -- 21: Life in a Fast Food Factory / Ester Reiter -- 22: Globalization, Nationalism, and Internationalism / Sam Gindon.