Workers'' Festival - A History of Labour Day in Canada

Informationen zum Autor Craig Heron is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at York University and author of Working Steel: The Early Years in Canada, 1883-1935, also published by University of Toronto Press. Klappentext The Workers' Festival ranges widely into many key themes of labour history - union politics and rivalries, radical movements, religion, race and gender, and consumerism/leisure - as well as cultural history - public celebration/urban procession, urban space and communication, and popular culture. Zusammenfassung The Workers' Festival ranges widely into many key themes of labour history - union politics and rivalries, radical movements, religion, race and gender, and consumerism/leisure - as well as cultural history - public celebration/urban procession, urban space and communication, and popular culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: The Making of Labour's Day Chapter One: HOLY DAYS, HOLIDAYS, AND LABOUR DAYS Chapter Two: THE CRAFTSMEN'S SPECTACLE Chapter Three: SHARING LABOUR DAY Chapter Four: THE UNIVERSAL PLAYDAY Chapter Five: MARCHING TO DIFFERENT TUNES Chapter Six: CLENCHED FISTS, CLOWNS, AND CHILLING OUT Conclusion: The Legacy of Labour's Day Abbreviations Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Craig Heron, Craig Penfold Heron, Steve Penfold
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.08.2005
• EAN: 9780802038470
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-3847-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Heritage; HERITAGE
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Labour, economic and industrial sociology