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Working people in Alberta : a history / Alvin Finkel ; with contributions by Jason Foster [and seven others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finkel, Alvin, author.
- Series:
- Working Canadians (Edmonton, Alta.), 1925-1831.
- Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH, 1925-184X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor--Alberta--History.
- Labor.
- Working class--Alberta--History.
- Working class.
- Alberta--Economic conditions.
- Alberta.
- Alberta--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, [Alberta] : AU Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A political and economic analysis of the history of working people in Alberta.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Those Who Built Alberta
- 1 Millennia of Native Work
- 2 The Fur Trade and Early European Settlement
- 3 One Step Forward: Alberta Workers 1885-1914
- 4 War, Repression, and Depression, 1914-1939
- 5 Alberta Labour and Working-Class Life, 1940-1959
- 6 The Boomers Become the Workers: Alberta, 1960-1980
- 7 Alberta Labour in the 1980s
- 8 Revolution, Retrenchment, and the New Normal: The 1990s and Beyond
- 9 Women, Labour, and the Labour Movement
- 10 Racialization and Work
- Conclusion: A History to Build Upon
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-12944-1
- 9786613533326
- 1-926836-59-6
- OCLC:
- 748089044
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