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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790007603321

Autore

Finkel Alvin

Titolo

Working people in Alberta : a history / / Alvin Finkel ; with contributions by Jason Foster [and seven others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edmonton, [Alberta] : , : AU Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-280-12944-1

9786613533326

1-926836-59-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH, , 1925-184X

Disciplina

331.097123

Soggetti

Labor - Alberta - History

Working class - Alberta - History

Alberta Economic conditions

Alberta Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

A political and economic analysis of the history of working people in Alberta.