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The wages of relief : cities and the unemployed in prairie Canada, 1929-39 / Eric Strikwerda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strikwerd, Eric, author.
- Series:
- Working Canadians (Edmonton, Alta.)
- Working Canadians : Books from the CCLH, 1925-184X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare administration--Prairie Provinces--History--20th century.
- Public welfare administration.
- Municipal government--Prairie Provinces--History--20th century.
- Municipal government.
- Unemployed--Government policy--Prairie Provinces--History--20th century.
- Unemployed.
- Urban economics--History--20th century.
- Urban economics.
- Cities and towns--Social aspects--Prairie Provinces--History--20th century.
- Cities and towns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Athabasca University Press 2013
- Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- In English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The Wages of Relief examines the Depression experiences of three municipal governments-Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg-and the individuals and families who relied on them for unemployment relief through the 1930s.
- Contents:
- The Rise of the City Relief Machines
- The Anatomy of City Relief
- Building Cities
- Unemployed Men at Work
- Local Responsibility in Decline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781927356074
- 1927356075
- 9781927356067
- 1927356067
- OCLC:
- 847132332
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