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Bienfait : The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31 /
"Against all odds, the miners of Bienfait, Saskatchewan, attempted, in 1931, to change their miserable situation by organizing a union. Exploring the social consequences of capitalist restructuring during the Great Depression, Stephen Endicott focuses on the miners' tumultuous thirty-day s...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Bienfait Coalfields
- 2 John Billis and Family
- 3 Boruk's Boarding House
- 4 August: Gaining Momentum
- 5 September: On Strike
- 6 Strikers versus the Strip Mine
- 7 The Parade
- 8 Sticking with the Union
- 9 The Trials
- 10 Spreading of Seeds
- Appendix I. Changing Organization of Capital in the Bienfait/Estevan Coalfields
- Appendix 2. Proposed Contract, Estevan District
- Appendix 3. History of Union Organization in Bienfait/Estevan Coalfields
- Notes
- Annotated Bibliography
- Illustration CreditsIndex
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