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Capitalist Confederated Canada
The Emergence of Organized Labour and Class Conflict, 1870–90
From: Colonialism and Capitalism Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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This chapter examines the tumult of the 1870s in Canada, including the Pacific Scandal of 1873, Indigenous resistance in the North-West and the global financial pandemic from 1873 to 1897, which led to worker unrest and both the rise of anti-Chinese and general anti-immigrant sentiment and the creation of labour movements such as the Knights of Labour and the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada in 1883.
Contributors
Bryan D. Palmer
Bryan D. Palmer is Professor Emeritus and former Canada Research Chair, Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former editor of Labour/Le Travail, and has published extensively on the history of labour and the revolutionary left. Among his many books are Canada’s 1960s and the co-authored, Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History. He lives in Warkworth, Ontario.
