Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939 - Brossura

Frager, Ruth A.

 
9780802068958: Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939
Brossura
ISBN 10: 0802068952 ISBN 13: 9780802068958
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1992

Sinossi

In the first half of the twentieth century, many of Toronto's immigrant Jews eked out a living in the needle-trade sweatshops of Spadina Avenue. In response to their expliotation on the shop floor, immigrant Jewish garment workers built one of the most advanced sections of the Canadian and American labour movements. Much more than a collective bargaining agency, Toronto's Jewish labour movement had a distinctly socialist orientation and grew out of a vibrant Jewish working-class culture.

Ruth Frager examines the development of this unique movement, its sources of strength, and its limitations, focusing particularly on the complex interplay of class, ethnic, and gender interests and identities in the history of the movement. She examines the relationships between Jewish workers and Jewish manufacturers as well as relations between Jewish and non-Jewish workers and male and female workers in the city's clothing industry.

In its prime, Toronto's Jewish labour movement struggled not only to improve hard sweatshop condistions but also to bring about a fundamental socialist transformation. It was an uphill battle. Drastic economic downturns, hard employer offensives, and state repressions all worked against unionists' workplace demands. Ethnic, gender, and ideological divisions weakened the movement and were manipulated by employers and their allies.

Drawing on her knowledge of Yiddish, Frager has been able to gain access to original records that shed new light on an important chapter in Canadian ethnic, labour, and women's history.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Ruth A. Frager is an associate professor in the Department of History at McMaster University.

Dalla quarta di copertina

'A fascinating account of Jewish working-class activism and the relations between Jews across gender and class lines in the Toronto garment industry.'

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Editore
Univ of Toronto Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1992
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0802068952
ISBN 13 
9780802068958
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
330
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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9780802059680: Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939: No 47

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ISBN 10:  0802059686 ISBN 13:  9780802059680
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 1992
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