Labour at the Lakehead: Ethnicity, Socialism, and Politics, 1900-35 - Brossura

Beaulieu, Michel S.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0774820020 ISBN 13: 9780774820028

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2012

Riassunto

In the early twentieth century, the Canadian Lakehead was known as a breeding ground for revolution, a place where harsh conditions in dockyards, lumber mills, and railway yards drove immigrants into radical labour politics.

This intensely engaging history reasserts Northwestern Ontario’s rightful reputation as a birthplace of leftism in Canada by exposing the conditions that gave rise to an array of left-wing organizations, including the Communist Party, the One Big Union, and the Industrial Workers of the World. Yet, as Michel Beaulieu shows, the circumstances and actions of Lakehead labour, especially those related to ideology, ethnicity, and personality were complex; they simultaneously empowered and fettered workers in their struggles against the shackles of capitalism. Cultural ties helped bring left-wing ideas to Canada but, as each group developed a distinctive vocabulary of socialism, Anglo-Celtic workers defended their privileges against Finns, Ukrainians, and Italians. At the Lakehead, ethnic difference often outweighed class solidarity - at the cost of a stronger labour movement for Canada.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michel S. Beaulieu is tthe director of the Centre for Northern Studies and an associate professor of history at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

In the early twentieth century, politicians singled out the Lakehead asa breeding ground for radical labour politics. Michel S. Beaulieureturns northern Ontario to its rightful place as a birthplace ofleftism in Canada by exposing the conditions that gave rise to an arrayof left-wing organizations. Cultural ties among workers helped bringleft-wing ideas to Canada, but ethnicity weakened the left as eachgroup developed a distinctive vocabulary of socialism and asAnglo-Celtic workers defended their privileges against Finns,Ukrainians, and Italians. At the Lakehead, ethnic difference oftenoutweighed class solidarity--at the cost of a strongerlabour movement for Canada.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0774820020
• ISBN 13: 9780774820028
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 299