Canadian Working-Class History

Laurel Sefton MacDowell teaches Canadian history in the Department of History, University of Toronto. She is a co-editor of Canadian Working Class History: Selected Readings, 2nd edition and Patterns of the Past: Re-interpreting Ontario's History, a past editor of the journal Ontario History, and the author of numerous articles.Ian Radforth teaches in the history department at the University of Toronto.

• Preface to the Third EditionPart I: The Pre-Industrial and Early Industrial Eras (1830-1890)Chapter 1: Farm Households and Wage Labour in the Northeastern Maritimes in the Early Nineteenth Century, Rusty BittermannChapter 2: Class Conflict on the Canals of Upper Canada in the 1840s, Ruth BleasdaleChapter 3: ""The Honest Workingman"" and Workers' Control: The Experience of Toronto Skilled Workers, 1860-92, Gregory S. KealeyChapter 4: The Knights of Labor and the Salvation Army: Religion and Working-Class Culture in Ontario, 1882-90, Lynne MarksChapter 5: Joe Beef of Montreal: Working-Class Culture and the Tavern, 1869-89, Peter DeLottinvilleChapter 6: After the Fur Trade: The Aboriginal Labouring Class of British Columbia, 1849-90, John LutzPart II: The Industrial Age (1890-1939)Chapter 7: The Craftsmen's Spectacle: Labour Day Parades in Canada, The Early Years, Craig Heron and Steve PenfoldChapter 8: Class, Job, and Gender in the Canadian Office, Graham S. LoweChapter 9: Exclusion or Solidarity? Vancouver Workers Confront the ""Oriental Problem"" , Gillian CreeseChapter 10: The Radical Alien and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, Donald AveryChapter 11: Solving the Labour Problem at Imperial Oil: Welfare Capitalism in the Canadian Petroleum Industry, 1919-29, H.M. GrantChapter 12: Against All Odds: The Progressive Arts Club's Production of Waiting for Lefty, Bonita BrayPart III: Wartime and Post-War Prosperity (1939-74)Chapter 13: The Formation of the Canadian Industrial Relations System during World War Two, Laurel Sefton MacDowellChapter 14: Women and Income Security in the Post-War Period: The Case of Unemployment Insurance, 1945-62, Ann PorterChapter 15: The Red Petticoat Brigade: Mine Mill Women's Auxiliaries and the ""Threat from Within,"" 1940s-70s, Mercedes SteedmanChapter 16: ""The Dresden Story"": Racism, Human Rights, and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada, Ross LambertsonChapter 17: Defending Honour, Demanding Respect: Manly Discourse and Gendered Practice in Two Construction Strikes, Toronto, 1960-61, Franca IacovettaPart IV: From Stagflation to Globalization (1974-2000)Chapter 18: The Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN), the Idea of Independence, and the Sovereigntist Movement, 1960-80, Ralph Peter GüntzelChapter 19: Alberta Nurses and the ""Illegal"" Strike of 1988, Rebecca CoulterChapter 20: Greening the Workplace: Unions and the Environment, Laurel Sefton MacDowellChapter 21: Life in a Fast Food Factory, Ester ReiterChapter 22: Globalization, Nationalism, and Internationalism, Sam Gindon

There is a definite need for a book of this kind. The book brings a wide range of readings together in a single source. This collection is a thorough and balanced sampling of the best writing in Canadian labour history."" - Jeffery Taylor, Athabasca University