Citizen docker : making a new deal on the Vancouver waterfront, 1919-1939 /

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Encompassing labour and gender history, aboriginal studies, and the study of state formation, Citizen Docker examines the deep shift in the aspirations of working people, and the implications that shift had on Canadian society in the interwar years and beyond.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parnaby, Andrew, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008
Series:Canadian social history series.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Industrial relations > British Columbia > Vancouver > History > 20th century.
Labor movement > British Columbia > Vancouver > History.
Stevedores > British Columbia > Vancouver > History.
Citizenship > Canada > History > 20th century.
Squamish Indians (B.C.) > British Columbia > Vancouver > History > 20th century.
Relations industrielles > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvement ouvrier > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire.
Débardeurs > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire.
Citoyenneté > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Squamish > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
Citizenship
Industrial relations
Labor movement
Squamish Indians (B.C.)
Stevedores
British Columbia > Vancouver
Canada
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "A good citizen policy"
  • Welfare capitalism on the waterfront
  • Securing a square deal
  • "The best men that ever worked the lumber"
  • Heavy lifting
  • "From the fury of democracy, good Lord, deliver us!"
  • Conclusion : from square deal to new deal.

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