From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canada?s social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders? approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement. This book provides new insights into labour, immigration, social, and political history.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-263) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 325.71
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780774855624 0774813644
- LCCN
- JV7225
- LCCN Item number
- G68 2007eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xi, 273 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00208610 (OCoLC)226375993 (CaOOCEL)408605
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Illustrations 9
- Acknowledgments 10
- PART 1: ISSUES AND ARGUMENTS 14
- 1 Guarding the Gates 16
- 2 Setting the Stage: Labour, Industry, and Immigration in Canada, 1872-1934 24
- PART 2: LABOUR'S ANTI-ASIAN AGITATION 46
- 3 The Bounds of Unity: Opposition to Chinese Immigration, 1880-87 48
- 4 The “Old Time Question”: The Campaign for Exclusion, 1888-1934 73
- PART 3: LABOUR AND ATLANTIC IMMIGRATION 98
- 5 Superfluous People: Labour’s Construction of Immigrants from Europe and the British Isles 100
- 6 Importing Victims: The Assault on the Commerce of Immigration 128
- PART 4: IMMIGRATION, IDEOLOGY, AND POLITICS 156
- 7 Immigration, Joseph Arch, and the Producer Ideology, 1872-79 158
- 8 Imported Labour, the Tariff, and Land Reform, 1880-1902 183
- 9 Retreat, Corporatism, and Responsible Management, 1903-34 204
- Conclusion 221
- Notes 228
- Bibliography 265
- Index 277
- A 277
- B 277
- C 278
- D 279
- E 279
- F 279
- G 280
- H 280
- I 280
- J 281
- K 281
- L 281
- M 282
- N 283
- O 283
- P 283
- Q 284
- R 284
- S 284
- T 285
- U 285
- V 286
- W 286
- X 286
