LEADER 04070nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910791436403321 005 20230912144816.0 010 $a1-283-13142-0 010 $a9786613131423 010 $a0-7748-5236-4 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774852364 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050574 035 $a(OCoLC)180704216 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10136028 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000382701 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11308686 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382701 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10396331 035 $a(PQKB)10832288 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404284 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326745 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412221 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141343 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313142 035 $a(OCoLC)923443420 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/c33kgn 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404284 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412221 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245743 035 $a(DE-B1597)661503 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774852364 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050574 100 $a19980610d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe limits of labour$b[electronic resource] $eclass formation and the labour movement in Calgary, 1883-1929 /$fDavid Bright 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-0697-4 311 $a0-7748-0696-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tClass Formation, 1883-1913 -- $tFrom Cow Town to Hub of Industry -- $tSocial Divisions and Class Disposition -- $tClass, Culture, and Politics -- $tUnions and Strikes -- $tThe Labour Movement, 1913-29 -- $tDepression and War, 1913-7 -- $tEconomic Recession and Restructuring, 1918-24 -- $t1919: Revolt Reconsidered -- $tDissent and Descent: Labour Politics in Calgary, 1918-24 -- $tThe Limits of Labour, 1925-9 -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn a few short decades before the First World War, Calgary was transformed from a frontier outpost into a complex industrial metropolis. With industrialization there emerged a diverse and equally complex working class. David Bright explores the various levels of class formation and class identity in the city to argue that Calgary's reputation as a prewar centre of labour conservatism is in need of revision. Bright also delineates the trials of the Calgary labour movement in the 1920s. Internal divisions and dissent prevented the movement from realizing the potential strength of the working class. Instead, even as local capitalism restructured itself, political and industrial labour organizations wilfully fragmented their own base of support. In particular, they failed to address the concerns and needs of the growing number of unemployed in the city, a neglect that foreshadowed events of the 1930s. This failure left the labour movement unable to meet the challenge of the Great Depression. In part, at least, the demise of labour as a viable political alternative in Calgary paved the way for the rise of Social Credit. Using Calgary as a model, The Limits of Labour reasserts the need to place class formation at the heart of the development of western Canada and provides an historical context to the renewed struggle of labour for social justice in the 1990s. 606 $aLabor movement$zAlberta$zCalgary$xHistory 606 $aWorking class$zAlberta$zCalgary$xHistory 607 $aCalgary (Alta.)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aLabor movement$xHistory. 615 0$aWorking class$xHistory. 676 $a331.8/097123/3809041 700 $aBright$b David$01511512 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791436403321 996 $aThe limits of labour$93744838 997 $aUNINA