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THE LIMITS OF LABOUR
CLASS FORMATION AND THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN CALGARY, 1883-1929 |
| By: |
David Bright |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774806974 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774806978 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 1999 |
| Pages: |
286 |
| Description: |
This work looks at class formation in western Canada. The author explores the various levels of class formation and identity in the years before World War I, arguing that Calgary's reputation as a centre of labour conservatism is an oversimplification in need of revision. |
| Synopsis: |
In a few short decades before the First World War, Calgary wastransformed from a frontier outpost into a complex industrialmetropolis. With industrialization there emerged a diverse and equallycomplex working class. David Bright explores the various levels ofclass formation and class identity in the city to argue thatCalgary's reputation as a prewar centre of labour conservatism isin need of revision.Bright also delineates the trials of the Calgary labour movement inthe 1920s. Internal divisions and dissent prevented the movement fromrealizing the potential strength of the working class. Instead, even aslocal capitalism restructured itself, political and industrial labourorganizations wilfully fragmented their own base of support. Inparticular, they failed to address the concerns and needs of thegrowing number of unemployed in the city, a neglect that foreshadowedevents of the 1930s.This failure left the labour movement unable to meet the challengeof the Great Depression. In part, at least, the demise of labour as aviable political alternative in Calgary paved the way for the rise ofSocial Credit.Using Calgary as a model, The Limits of Labour reassertsthe need to place class formation at the heart of the development ofwestern Canada and provides an historical context to the renewedstruggle of labour for social justice in the 1990s. |
| Illustrations: |
13 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Clio Award (Prairie Region), Canadian Historical Association 1999 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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