Guarding the gates : the Canadian labour movement and immigration, 1872-1934 / David Goutor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goutor, David, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--Canada--History.

Labor unions.

Foreign workers--Canada--History.

Foreign workers.

Race discrimination--Canada--History.

Race discrimination.

Canada--Emigration and immigration--Government policy--History.

Canada.

Canada--Emigration and immigration--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canada's social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement. This book provides new insights into labour, immigration, social, and political history.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Issues and Arguments

Guarding the Gates

Setting the Stage: Labour, Industry, and Immigration in Canada, 1872-1934

Labour's Anti-Asian Agitation

The Bounds of Unity: Opposition to Chinese Immigration, 1880-87

The "Old Time Question": The Campaign for Exclusion, 1888-1934

Labour and Atlantic Immigration

Superfluous People: Labour's Construction of Immigrants from Europe and the British Isles

Importing Victims: The Assault on the Commerce of Immigration

Immigration, Ideology, and Politics

Immigration, Joseph Arch, and the Producer Ideology, 1872-79

Imported Labour, the Tariff, and Land Reform, 1880-1902

Retreat, Corporatism, and Responsible Management, 1903-34

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-263) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-59338-2

9786612593383

0-7748-5562-2

OCLC:

226375993