Capital and labour in the British Columbia forest industry, 1934-74 / / Gordon Hak

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823840003321
• Autore: Hak Gordon H (Gordon Hugh)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-282-74112-8; 9786612741128; 0-7748-5516-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1/74909711
• Soggetti: Forests and forestry - British Columbia - History; Forest products industry - British Columbia - History; Forest products industry - British Columbia - Employees - Labor unions - History; Foresterie - Colombie-Britannique - Histoire; Produits forestiers - Industrie - Colombie-Britannique - Histoire; Produits forestiers - Industrie - Colombie-Britannique - Personnel - Syndicats - Histoire; British Columbia Economic conditions 20th century; Colombie-Britannique Conditions economiques 20e siecle
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Companies, Markets, and Production Facilities -- The State, Sustained Yield, and Small Operators -- Establishing Unions -- Union Politics -- The Daily Grind -- Technology -- Companies and Unions Meet the Environmental Movement -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The history of British Columbia's economy in the twentieth century is inextricably bound to the development of the forest industry. In this comprehensive study, Gordon Hak approaches the forest industry from the perspectives of workers and employers, examining the two main sets of institutions that structured the relationship during the Fordist era: the companies and the unions. Drawing on theories of the labour ; process, Fordism, and discursive subjectivity, Hak relates daily routines of production and profit-making to broader forces of unionism, business ideology, ecological protest, technological change, and corporate concentration. The struggle of the small-business sector to survive in the face of corporate growth, the history of the industry on the Coast and in the Interior, the transformations in capital-labour relations during the period, government forest policy, and the forest industry's encounter with the emerging environmental movement are all considered in this eloquent analysis. With its critical historical perspective, Capital and Labour in the British Columbia Forest Industry will be essential reading for anyone interested in the business, natural resource, political, social, and labour history of the province.