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

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frager, Ruth A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1992.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT
  • A NOTE ON THE USE OF YIDDISH
  • Introduction
  • 1 A Mound of Ashes in the Golden Land: The Setting
  • 2 Pulling in One Direction: The Development of Jewish Working-Class Activism
  • 3 Uncle Moses and the Slaves: Relations between Jewish Manufacturers and Jewish Workers
  • 4 'Mixing with People on Spadina': The Tense Relations between Non-Jewish Workers and Jewish Workers
  • 5 'Better Material to Exploit': The Barriers to Women's Participation in the Labour Movement
  • 6 'Just as a Worker': The Dearth of Female-Oriented Strategies
  • 7 Doing Things That Men Do: Women Activists in the Needle Trades
  • 8 Pulling Apart: Divisions over Political Ideology
  • Conclusion
  • APPENDIX
  • Part A: Statistical Information on the Jewish Population of Toronto
  • Part B: Statistical Information on the Garment Workers of Toronto
  • Part C: The Garment Unions in Toronto
  • Part D: Key Strikes in Toronto's Needle Trades
  • NOTES
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z
  • PICTURE CREDITS.