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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780664603321

Autore

Naylor James <1954->

Titolo

The new democracy : challenging the social order in industrial Ontario, 1914-1925 / / James Naylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-4426-8184-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

305.562

Soggetti

Working class - Ontario - History

Livres numeriques.

History

e-books.

Electronic books.

Ontario

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: THE INDUSTRIAL FRONT""; ""1 Workers, Unions, and War""; ""2 Beyond Craft Unionism: The Post-war Industrial Challenge""; ""Part Two: THE POLITICAL FRONT""; ""3 The Development of a Labourist Consensus""; ""4 The Battle for Democracy""; ""5 The Woman Democrat""; ""Part Three: EMPLOYERS' DEMOCRACY OR WORKERS' DEMOCRACY?""; ""6 Welfare Capitalism and Industrial Democracy""; ""7 In Defence of Capital""; ""8 Labourism Tested""; ""Conclusion: Real Democracy""; ""Appendix: Strikes and Lock-outs""; ""Notes""; ""Note on Sources""

""Index""""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

James Naylor traces the transformation of class relations in the industrial cities of southern Ontario, examining the character of the regional labour movement, the nature of employer and state response, and the reasons for the failure of labour's "new democracy."