Why was Winnipeg the scene of the longest and most complete general strike in North American history? Bercuson answers this question by examining the development of union labour and the impact of depression and war in the two decades preceding the strike.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [225]-230
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 331.89/29712743
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-mb
- ISBN
- 9780773562677 0773507949
- LCCN
- HD8106
- LCCN Item number
- B45 1990eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 239 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00207790 (OCoLC)243600677 (CaOOCEL)407470
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 8
- PREFACE 10
- PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION 12
- 1 The Early Years 14
- 2 The Depths of Depression 35
- 3 The Trials of War 45
- 4 Injunction City 58
- 5 The Triumph of Radicalism 71
- 6 Socialists and Soldiers 91
- 7 The One Big Union 103
- 8 Towards the Brink 116
- 9 Battling for the Lord: May 15–29 128
- 10 Impasse: May 30–June 16 155
- 11 Defeat 176
- 12 Confrontation in Retrospect 189
- 13 A Longer View 209
- NOTES 220
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 238
- INDEX 244
- A 244
- B 244
- C 245
- D 245
- E 246
- F 246
- G 246
- H 246
- I 247
- J 247
- K 247
- L 247
- M 247
- N 248
- O 248
- P 249
- Q 249
- R 249
- S 250
- T 251
- U 251
- V 251
- W 251
- Y 252
