Labour
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 NEW! Bent out of ShapeShame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work |
Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she … | Karen Messing | 276 | 2021 | View |
 Gender & SexualityCanadian History Through the Stories of Activists |
The freedoms and liberties that every community, workplace and individual in Canada enjoys are due to the many struggles and social movements in our country’s history. Yet the stories, … | Scott Neigh | 217 | 2012 | View |
 Harry Livingstone’s Forgotten MenCanadians and the Chinese Labour Corps in the First World War |
HARRY LIVINGSTONE was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the First World War. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking … | Dan Black | 504 | 2019 | View |
 NEW! The Canadian Labour MovementA Short History |
The Canadian Labour Movement tells the story of Canada’s workers since the mid-nineteenth century, painting a vivid picture of key developments, such as the birth of craft unionism, the … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 240 | 2020 | View |
 Winnipeg 1919The Strikers' Own History of the Winnipeg General Strike |
On May 15, 1919 workers from across Winnipeg, ranging from metal workers to telephone operators, united to spark the largest worker revolt in Canadian history. Even the Winnipeg police voted to … | Norman Penner | 340 | 2019 | View |
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From Foreword |
Wright notes that Black’s history of Canada and the Chinese Labour Corps is previously untold and a significant contribution to the historiography of the First World War. | Glenn Wright | 3 | 2019 | $0.30 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Gender & Sexuality |
- | Scott Neigh | 17 | 2012 | $1.87 Add |
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From Introduction to the Third EditionFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
Christo Aivalis provides a summary of the role Winnipeg 1919 has played since the publication of its first edition in 1973, as well how the events of the strike shaped to Canadian labour movement … | Christo Aivalis | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Bent out of Shape |
- | Karen Messing | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! Prefaces to the Fourth, First and Second Editions |
The prefaces to the fourth, first and second editions of this book outline the changes the various editions have seen and to what degree. | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
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From Decolonize Your MindDoreen Spence and Donna MacPhee on the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School From: Gender & Sexuality |
- | Scott Neigh | 22 | 2012 | $2.42 Add |
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From Foreword to the Second EditionFrom: Winnipeg 1919 |
W.A Pritchard, one of the eight tried for seditious conspiracy following the 1919 strike, recalls his role in the strike and discusses the importance of the book. | W.A. Pritchard | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
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From NEW! Introduction |
Author Craig Heron introduces the reader to the broad outlines of economic and social development in Canada that helped to shape the Canadian labour movement since the mid-nineteenth century. It … | Charles Smith; Craig Heron | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
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From Preface |
Black outlines the project’s inspiration, his sources, and a rationale for his use of linguistic styles. | Dan Black | 4 | 2019 | $0.40 Add |
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From  The Auto Revolution Begins:Invention and Industry From: Car Nation |
1900-1920. Looks at the beginning of the auto revolution, examines different makes and models, looks at the auto revolution’s impact on work, wages, and workers | Dimitry Anastakis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |
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From NEW! The third hourFrom: Bent out of Shape |
- | Karen Messing | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
