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Trade Unions in Canada 1812-1902 / Eugene Forsey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forsey, Eugene, author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Labor unions--Canada--History.
- Labor unions.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (617 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Dr Forsey traces the evolutions of trade unions in the early years and presents an important archival foundation for the study of Canadian labour.
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; PART ONE / THE EARLY PERIOD OF UNIONISM; 1 Introduction; 2 The period of local unionism 1812-59; 3 The entry of the international unions 1859-80; 4 Local and regional unionism 1860-80; 5 Local central organizations before 1880; 6 The first national central organization; 7 The Knights of Labor 1875-1902; PART TWO / THE INTERNATIONAL UNIONS 1880-1902; 8 The revolutionary, railway, and building trades unions.
- 9 The International Typographical Union, the Cigar Makers International Union, and the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees10 The metal and clothing trades unions; 11 Other international unions and the American Federation of Labor; PART THREE / LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL UNIONS 1880-1902; 12 Local unions in the Maritimes and Quebec 1881-1902; 13 Local unions in Ontario and the West 1881-1902; 14 Regional and national unions 1881-1902; PART FOUR / CENTRAL ORGANIZATIONS 1880-1902; 15 Local central organizations 1881-1902.
- 16 The conventions of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada 1883-190217 The institutional development of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada 1883-1902; APPENDIX: Number of international locals in Canada 1880-1902; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9781487597146
- 1487597142
- 9781487595432
- 1487595433
- OCLC:
- 1091666711
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