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If, as Sir Wilfrid Laurier said, the twentieth century would be the century of Canada, by the end of the first decade of the new century it was already apparent that it would not be the century of the Canadian working man. The twentieth century ushered in the great Canadian boom.The twentieth century ushered in the great Canadian boom. And boom conditions produced a boom psychology. Nothing could stop Canada. Incredible industrial expansion; two new transcontinental railways pushing across the West; seemingly unstoppable floods of capital and immigrants pouring into the country; these were the hallmark of the decade. Indeed, everyone seemed to be prospering. Everyone, that is, but the Canadian worker. To him the twentieth century ushered in no new changes - or at least, no changes for the better. His conditions of work were still appalling, and his wages--though somewhat higher--could not keep up with spiralling living costs. Indeed, the influx of hundreds of thousands of hungry, penniless immigrants even made it difficult to hold a job. And what jobs? Stuffy, unventilated factories; sixty hours a week; back-breaking work; all for a dollar a day. These were the conditions of work for the men, women and children of Canada. And a dollar a day was considered excellent pay for the thousands of boys and girls, some not yet in their teens, who were forced to find jobs. --Introduction
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The Communist Party in Canada is the first thorough study of a political party whose limited size and position outside the mainstream of politics have not lessened its impact and the interest it has aroused among Canadians for over sixty years. Drawing on Communist sources in several languages, Ivan Avakumovic outlines the party's ups and downs from its origins at the turn of the century through to the present day, traces its connects with the American and Russian Communist parties, and describes its internal organization, its policies and tactics, its attitude to the rest of the left wing and other political parties, to labour groups, police, and the general public. Here is an objective, scholarly description, with appeal for the historian and the general reader. --Publisher's description
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What was the Depression like? This book is made up of memories of it, memories collected by Barry Broadfoot from more than 600 men and women all across Canada. Although the stories they tell are true, anyone too young to remember the Depression will find them almost unbelievable. The Depression - as all its survivors know - was a time when unbelievable things happened regularly.... --Publisher's description
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Leonard Hutchinson: Ten Years of Struggle is the first book in a series to be published by NC Press, collectively entitled Toward a People's Art. The series follows on the general study of our culture, The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People's Art, and was conceived because NC Press, as Canadian Liberation Publishers, recognizes the need for a whole series of such books on our arts. There is a far vaster heritage of people's art in Canada than can be contained within the pages of one book. --From introduction
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[The author] has undertaken to prove incorrect the notion previously widely held that the labour movement militancy associated with modern Quebec was a feature born in the post-World War II period, By examing, through the tradition of oral history, several strikes in the thirties and forties in transportation, textiles and other important industries, and by recording the impressions and feelings of some of the surviving strikers, whether leaders or rank-in-file militants, she captures the mood of the period. --Publisher's description, Translation of: Dans le sommeil de nos os [: quelques grèves au Québec de 1934 à 1944] (1971). Contents: Preface to the English edition (pages 11-14) -- Preface to the French edition (pages 15-18) -- The Basic Picture (pages 19-27) -- The Foreigners' Strike (pages 28-42) -- The Shmata Strikes (pages 43-49) -- The "Bleuets" Strikes (pages 70-77) -- The Tramway Strikes (pages 78-100) -- The Sky Will Be Red Hot (pages 101-127) -- Epilogue (pages 128-130) -- Appendix: The Choice of Conflicts and the Framework of the Study (pages 131-145).
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Monograph on the work environment in Canada, with particular reference to efforts in quality of working life in Quebec - reviews the historical aspects of working conditions, trade union attitudes, group dynamics, workers participation, etc., and examines the type of work organization with would bring job satisfaction to a wide range of industrial worker. Bibliography and references. --WorldCat record
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The roar of the fabled 1920's reverberated across the Canada's western prairies in ways in ways that were uniquely Canadian and often uniquely western. Decades after its release in 1975, James Gray's trademark energetic prose pulsates with the essence of this flamboyant era when idealism ran rampant across the prairies. Gray captures the: Political frustrations of the farmers and the resulting turbulent Progressive movement and the resulting Wheat Pools Radical idealism of the One Big Union, born after the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 Gambling fever that struck not only Western Canadians, but all North Americans, spawned by those who put their paychecks in football pools, horse races, and the spectacular ups and downs of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange Social and religious movements such as the birth of the United Church and the Ku Klux Klan. James Gray has written of an exciting and flamboyant era, a time never to be forgotten.