Militant Minority : British Columbia Workers and the Rise of a New Left, 1948-1972 / Benjamin Isitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isitt, Benjamin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--History--20th century--British Columbia.

Working class.

New Left--British Columbia.

New Left.

British Columbia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (499 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Militant Minority tells the compelling story of British Columbia workers who sustained a left tradition during the bleakest days of the Cold War. Through their continuing activism on issues from the politics of timber licenses to global questions of war and peace, these workers bridged the transition from an Old to a New Left.In the late 1950s, half of B.C.'s workers belonged to unions, but the promise of postwar collective bargaining spawned disillusionment tied to inflation and automation. A new working class that was educated, white collar, and increasingly rebellious shifted the locus of activism from the Communist Party and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation to the newly formed New Democratic Party, which was elected in 1972. Grounded in archival research and oral history, Militant Minority provides a valuable case study of one of the most organized and independent working classes in North America, during a period of ideological tension and unprecedented material advance.

Contents:

Introduction

The political economy of British Columbia

Moscow on the Fraser

Socialism postponed

Other lefts

New militancy

Political change

Conclusion

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)

ISBN:

9781442661882

1442661887

9781442690158

1442690151

OCLC:

772396217