Dreaming of What Might Be - The Knights of Labor in Ontario, 1880-1900

Klappentext Examines Canada's working-class vision of an alternative to late nineteenth-century industrial-capitalist society. Zusammenfassung This book examines the rise and fall of the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor! an organisation which embodied a late nineteenth-century working-class vision of an alternative to the developing industrial-capitalist society. Case studies of Toronto and Hamilton chronicle the movement's impact across Ontario. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables, figures, and maps; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Overview: 1. The working class and industrial capitalist development in Ontario to 1890; 2. 'Warp, woof, and web': the structure of the Knights of Labor in Ontario; Part II. The Local Setting: 3. Toronto and the organization of all workers; 4. Hamilton and the home club; Part III. The Wider Experience: Taking the Bad with the Good: 5. 'Unscrupulous rascals and the most infamous damn liars and tricksters at large': the underside of the Knights of Labor; 6. The order in politics: the challenge of 1883-1887; 7. 'Politicians in the order': the conflicts of decline, 1887-1894; 8. 'Spread the light': forging a culture; 9. The people's strike: class conflict and the Knights of Labor; Part IV. Conclusion: 10. Accomplishment and failure; Appendix; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gregory S. Kealey, Gregory S. Palmer Kealey, Bryan D. Palmer, Palmer Bryan D.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 05.04.2004
• EAN: 9780521545716
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54571-6
• Seiten: 504
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika; Ontario, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Labour / income economics, Trade Unions, Labour Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions