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Portrait of a Labour Spy: The Case of Robert Raglan Gosden, 1882-1961
Resource type
Author/contributor
- Leier, Mark (James Mark) (Author)
Title
Portrait of a Labour Spy: The Case of Robert Raglan Gosden, 1882-1961
Abstract
This paper examines the life of Robert Raglan Gosden, 1882-1961. Gosden was an unskilled worker who joined the Industrial Workers of the World and advocated violent revolution. He took part in the Vancouver Island mining strikes of 1912-1914, and was a key player in the 1916 provincial election scandal. By 1919, however, he was an informant for the RCMP. The paper outlines Gosden's career and analyzes the complex way his class experience shaped his construction of masculinity as well as his radical politics and his later activity as a labour spy.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
42
Pages
55-84
Date
Fall 1998
Journal Abbr
Labour / Le Travail
ISSN
07003862
Short Title
Portrait of a Labour Spy
Accessed
4/27/15, 3:40 PM
Library Catalog
EBSCOhost
Citation
Leier, M. (James M. (1998). Portrait of a Labour Spy: The Case of Robert Raglan Gosden, 1882-1961. Labour / Le Travail, 42, 55–84. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/view/5113
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