{"product_id":"the-limits-of-labour-class-formation-and-the-labour-movement-in-calgary-18831929-9780774806978","title":"The Limits of Labour  Class Formation and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work looks at class formation in western Canada. The author explores the various levels of class formation and identity in the years before World War I, arguing that Calgary's reputation as a centre of labour conservatism is an oversimplification in need of revision.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBright's well-crafted work contributes usefully to the fast-developing study of local labor history in western Canadian cities ... Recommended. -- M. J. Moore * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the history of both Canadian labor and the Canadian West. It weaves together both a wealth of primary documents and secondary sources to fashion a forceful argument about the character of the working class in early Calgary. For the academic reader interested in class formation in western Canada, this is a must-read book. -- Alvin Finkel * Great Plains Research *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Class Formation, 1883-1913\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 From Cow Town to Hub of Industry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Social Divisions and Class Disposition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Class, Culture, and Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Unions and Strikes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: The Labour Movement, 1913-29\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Depression and War, 1913-7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Economic Recession and Restructuring, 1918-24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 1919: Revolt Reconsidered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Dissent and Descent: Labour Politics in Calgary, 1918-24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 The Limits of Labour, 1925-9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404904178007,"sku":"9780774806978","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-limits-of-labour-class-formation-and-the-labour-movement-in-calgary-18831929-9780774806978","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}