Labour
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From China to Canada: Quarantined at William Head |
A short history of William Head, a quarantine station on Canada’s west coast that housed the CLC men arriving from China. (Chapter includes one photograph) | Dan Black | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
From Going forward togetherFrom: Bent out of Shape |
- | Karen Messing | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
From NEW! The Fight Against InequalityFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In this chapter, Jackson writes about the Great Recession of 2008-2009, and suggests that the functioning of democracies relies on economic and social equality. The best way to achieve this … | Andrew Jackson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
From China to Canada: New Arrivals, Old Assumptions |
CLC contingents often spent months at William Head due to outbreaks of small pox, scarlet fever, and other contagious diseases sailing to Canada. (Chapter includes one map and three photographs) | Dan Black | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
From NEW! Recipe for a Renewed EconomyFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
This chapter details Jackson’s policy proposals for a green economy that is capable of sustaining future generations. | Andrew Jackson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
From NEW! A Democratic Socialist FutureFrom: The Fire and the Ashes |
In his concluding chapter, the author surveys the political present, and notes that narratives about elections being won by appealing to the "mushy centre" are disproven by the success … | Andrew Jackson | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
From China to Canada: Life and Death at William Head |
The chapter examines daily life at William Head for the men of the CLC. (Chapter includes three photographs) | Dan Black | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
From Canada to France: Off the Water, Onto the Rails |
As more and more CLC contingents boarded trains in Vancouver for their cross-country trip, the Canadian government had difficulty stifling news reports of the men and their mission. (Chapter … | Dan Black | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
From Canada to France: The Wanted and Unwanted |
The chapter examines Canada’s immigration policies prior to the CLC experiment and ends with Livingstone’s contingent boarding trains heading east. (Chapter includes two photographs) | Dan Black | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
From Canada to France: A Journey Between Oceans |
Black explores the train voyage between Vancouver and Halifax, and highlights the ships selected to take the CLC contingents to Britain and France. (Chapter includes three photographs) | Dan Black | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
From Canada to France: Back Behind Wire |
The chapter examines the hastily set-up transit camp at Petawawa, Ontario, that temporarily housed CLC contingents. (Chapter includes three photographs) | Dan Black | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
From Canada to France: The Western Front |
Livingstone and his CLC contingent arrive in England and travel to France. Black outlines the work being done by Chinese labourers on the Western Front. (Chapter includes four photographs) | Dan Black | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
From Canada to France: Death Behind the Lines |
CLC contingents were assigned along the Western Front but primarily in Northern France and Belgium where they were subject to enemy bombing raids and other dangers. (Chapter includes four photographs) | Dan Black | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
From Canada to France: Far From Home, Far From Over |
Almost all CLC contingents remained in Europe following the Armistice, put to work cleaning and clearing the Western front. (Chapter includes three photographs) | Dan Black | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
From Canada to France: Homeward |
Black outlines the homeward journey of many CLC contingents: from Europe to England, to Halifax, to Vancouver, to China. (Chapter includes four photographs) | Dan Black | 23 | 2019 | $2.30 Add |
From Epilogue |
Black briefly highlights the lives of Livingstone and others following the war, including steps by the Canadian government to acknowledge the men of the CLC. (Chapter includes two photographs) | Dan Black | 7 | 2019 | $0.70 Add |