LEADER 05310nam 2200817 450 001 9910132288003321 005 20201016234418.0 010 $a1-926836-63-4 010 $a1-926836-29-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000342037 035 $a(EBL)3297078 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001456733 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12559173 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001456733 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11434847 035 $a(PQKB)11740039 035 $a(CEL)449479 035 $a(OCoLC)905362014 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00235583 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3297078 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4839951 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/49489 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/71kbj6 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000342037 100 $a20170502h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHobohemia and the crucifixion machine $erival images of a new world in 1930s Vancouver /$fTodd McCallum 210 $cAthabasca University Press$d2014 210 1$aEdmonton, Alberta :$cAu Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (330 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aFabriks : Studies in the Working Class 311 $a1-926836-28-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : From Fordlandia to Hobohemia Homeless Men and the Relief Industry -- 1 A Strike, a Conference, and a Riot December 1929 to January 1930 -- 2 "Useless Knowledge" About Jungle Life The Utopian Practices of Hobohemia, 1930 -- 3 The Crucifixion Machine and the Quest for Efficiency The Relief Industry, Administration -- 4 The Racket in Tickets and the Traffic in Lives The Relief Industry, Consumption -- 5 "Work Without Wages," or, Paving the Way for Economic Development The Relief Industry, Production -- Conclusion : Vancouver, "The Mecca of the Surplus". 330 $aIn the early years of the Great Depression, thousands of unemployed homeless transients settled into Vancouver?s ?hobo jungle.? The jungle operated as a distinct community, in which goods were exchanged and shared directly, without benefit of currency. The organization of life was immediate and consensual, conducted in the absence of capital accumulation. But as the transients moved from the jungles to the city, they made innumerable demands on Vancouver?s Relief Department, consuming financial resources at a rate that threatened the city with bankruptcy. In response, the municipality instituted a card-control system?no longer offering relief recipients currency to do with as they chose. It also implemented new investigative and assessment procedures, including office spies, to weed out organizational inefficiencies. McCallum argues that, threatened by this ?ungovernable society,? Vancouver?s Relief Department employed Fordist management methods that ultimately stripped the transients of their individuality.Vancouver?s municipal government entered into contractual relationships with dozens of private businesses, tendering bids for meals in much the same fashion as for printing jobs and construction projects. As a result, entrepreneurs clamoured to get their share of the state spending. With the emergence of work relief camps, the provincial government harnessed the only currency that homeless men possessed: their muscle. This new form of unfree labour aided the province in developing its tourist driven ?image? economy, as well as facilitating the transportation of natural resources and manufactured goods. It also led eventually to the most significant protest movement of 1930s? Canada, the On-to-Ottawa Trek. Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine explores the connections between the history of transiency and that of Fordism, offering a new interpretation of the economic and political crises that wracked Canada in the early years of the Great Depression. 410 0$aFabriks (Series) 606 $aUnemployed$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aUnemployed$xServices for$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTransients, Relief of$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPublic welfare$zBritish Columbia$zVancouver$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDepressions$y1929$zBritish Columbia 607 $aBritish Columbia$xSocial conditions$y1918-1945 607 $aBritish Columbia$xEconomic conditions$y1918-1945 607 $aBritish Columbia$2fast 607 $aBritish Columbia$zVancouver$2fast 610 $ahobos 610 $aVancouver 610 $aOn-to-Ottawa 610 $ahomeless 610 $aFordism 610 $alabour camps 615 0$aUnemployed$xSocial conditions 615 0$aUnemployed$xServices for$xHistory 615 0$aTransients, Relief of$xHistory 615 0$aPublic welfare$xHistory 615 0$aDepressions 676 $a305.90694097113309043 700 $aMcCallum$b Todd$0938829 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910132288003321 996 $aHobohemia and the crucifixion machine$92116301 997 $aUNINA