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
Main Author: Parnaby, Andrew, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2008
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stevedores.
Squamish Indians (B.C.)
Labor movement.
Industrial relations.
Citizenship.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
Squamish (Indiens) > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Citoyennete > Canada > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Debardeurs > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire.
Mouvement ouvrier > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire.
Relations industrielles > Colombie-Britannique > Vancouver > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Squamish Indians (B.C.) > British Columbia > Vancouver > History > 20th century.
Citizenship > Canada > History > 20th century.
Stevedores > British Columbia > Vancouver > History.
Labor movement > British Columbia > Vancouver > History.
Industrial relations > British Columbia > Vancouver > History > 20th century.
Canada.
British Columbia > Vancouver.
History.
Electronic books.
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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