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Hamilton Labour
Author(s)

Bill Freeman

Publication Year

2016

Publisher

James Lorimer and Company

ISBN: 9781459409460-03

Categories:

  • Sociology & Anthropology → Activism & Social Movements
  • Political Science → Canadian Politics
  • Labour Studies → Labour Movement
  • Political Science → Social Policy & Services

Hamilton Labour

The Failure of an Opposition Group

From: Their Town

$2.30

A history of the attempts by labour, at times almost successful, to wrest power from the dominant business interests, and an analysis of the reasons for labour’s failure to win political control of Hamilton’s city hall.

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Contributors

Bill Freeman

BILL FREEMAN is an award-winning historian, novelist, and screenwriter. Among his other books are Far from Home: Canadians in the First World War, co-authored with Richard Nielsen; A Magical Place: Toronto Island and Its People; Casa Loma: Toronto's Fairy-Tale Castle and Its Owner Sir Henry Pellatt, recipient of the Heritage Toronto Award of Merit in 1999; and 1005: Political Life in a Union Local.

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Canada Council for the Arts
Canada
Nova Scotia

This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada. Ce projet est financé en partie par le gouvernement du Canada.

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