{"product_id":"the-violence-of-work-9781487523435","title":"The Violence of Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom mining to sex work and from the classroom to the docks, violence has always been a part of work. This collection of essays highlights the many different forms and expressions of violence that have arisen under capitalism in the last two hundred years, as well as how historians of working-class life and labour have understood violence. The editors draw together diverse case studies, integrating analysis of class, age, gender, sexuality, and race into the scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssays span the United States and Canadian border, exploring gender violence, sexual harassment, the violent kidnapping of union organizers, the violence of inadequate health and safety protections, the culture of violence in state institutions, the mythology of working-class violence, and the changing nature of violence in extractive industries. \u003ci\u003eThe Violence of Work\u003c\/i\u003e theorizes and historicizes violence as an integral part of working life, making it possible to understand the full scope and causes of wo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I applaud the editors’ decision to take the long-view and bring this history right up to the present time. One gets a strong sense here of the continuity in violence.\" -- Steven High, Concordia University * \u003cem\u003eLabour\/Le Travail\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The contributors’ examples of violence are heart-rending, convincing, and extremely diverse.\" -- James Naylor, Brandon University * \u003cem\u003eHistoire sociale \/ Social History\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments    Introduction: Accounting for Violence Jeremy Milloy   1. The Perils of Sex Work in Montreal: Seeking Security and Justice in the Face of Violence, 1810–1842 Mary Ann Poutanen   2. The Rules of Discipline: Workers and the Culture of Violence in Progressive-Era Reform Schools  James Schmidt    3. The “New Solution”: Anti-Labour Kidnapping, D.B. McKay, and the Legacy of the Second Seminole War  Chad Pearson   4. Billy Gohl: Labour, Violence, and Myth in the Early Twentieth-Century Pacific Northwest Aaron Goings   5. Slow Violence and Hidden Injuries: The Work of Strip Mining in the American West Ryan Driskell Tate   6. The Murder of Lori Dupont: Violence, Harassment, and Occupational Health and Safety in Ontario Sarah Jessup   7. \"By the Numbers\": Workers’ Compensation and the (Further) Conventionalization of Workplace Violence Robert Storey   8. Gender Violence in the Hospitality Industry: Panic Buttons, Pants, and Protest  Emily E. LB. Twarog    Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409153401175,"sku":"9781487523435","price":23.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487523435.jpg?v=1730505663","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-violence-of-work-9781487523435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}