{"product_id":"smelter-wars-9781487541118","title":"Smelter Wars","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmelter Wars examines a radical BC trade union's struggle to survive from the 1930s to the 1950s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Smelter Wars tells a fascinating tale of rebellious trade union resistance and activism in wartime Trail. This book is a riveting account of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (Local 480’s) struggle against the powerful Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada.\" * \u003cem\u003eCUPE Communities\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Smelter Wars was both a very informative book as well as a most enjoyable read. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in labour history, indeed, to anyone interested in BC history.\" -- Ken Novakowski * \u003cem\u003eBC Labour Heritage Centre Newsletter\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"As a former CUPE national communications director, Verzuh has synthesized an astonishing amount of detail, prompting one reader to say, ‘it’s not often a history like this is a page-turner, but this one definitely is.’\" -- Sheri Regnier * \u003cem\u003eTrail Times\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Highly detailed and requiring close concentration, Smelter Wars impresses with its depth of research.\" -- Robert D. Parmet, York College, The City University of New York * \u003cem\u003eNew York Labor History Association\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Smelter Wars is the story of the era. The book is wonderful.\" -- Holly Doan * \u003cem\u003eBlacklock’s Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedication Acknowledgments List of Acronyms  Preface    Introduction: A Smelter City is Born   1. A Red Union Comes to Town 2. Battling Blaylock’s Company Union 3. Women War Workers and Ladies Auxiliary Politics 4. Mine-Mill Courts Trail’s Immigrant Enclave 5. A Clash of Ideologies in the Kootenays 6. Steel Cold Warriors Raid Trail’s Red Union 7. Resisting Canadian McCarthyism in British Columbia   Conclusion: The Complicated History of Local 480   Epilogue: The Smelter City Today   Notes Sources","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040566083927,"sku":"9781487541118","price":45.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487541118.jpg?v=1750947135","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/smelter-wars-9781487541118","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}