When Coal Was King: Ladysmith and the Coal-Mining Industry on Vancouver Island - Brossura

Hinde, John R.

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ISBN 10: 0774809361 ISBN 13: 9780774809368

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2004

Riassunto

The town of Ladysmith was one of the most important coal-mining communities on Vancouver Island during the early twentieth century. The Ladysmith miners had a reputation for radicalism and militancy and engaged in bitter struggles for union recognition and economic justice, most notably during the Great Strike of 1912-14. This strike, one of the longest and most violent labour disputes in Canadian history, marked a watershed in the history of the town and the coal industry.

When Coal Was King illuminates the origins of the 1912-14 strike by examining the development of the coal industry on Vancouver Island, the founding of Ladysmith, the experience of work and safety in the mines, the process of political and economic mobilization, and how these factors contributed to the development of identity and community. While the Vancouver Island coal industry and the strike have been the focus of a number of popular histories, this book goes beyond to emphasize the importance of class, ethnicity, gender, and community in creating the conditions for the emergence and mobilization of the working-class population. Informed by currend academic debates on the matter and within the discipline, this readable history takes into account extensive archival research, and will appeal to historians and others interested in the history of Vancouver Island.

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• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0774809361
• ISBN 13: 9780774809368
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 276