Citizen Docker - Making a New Deal on the Vancouver Waterfront, 1919-1939

Informationen zum Autor By Andrew Parnaby Klappentext After World War 1 Canada as a state was significant in articulating for its citizens a new morality concerned with the possibility of national regeneration. At the same time, outside actors such as employers were also actively pursuing reform agendas taking aim at the welfare of the family, citizen and the nation. This book considers this trend focusing on the Vancouver waterfront as a case in point. Zusammenfassung Encompassing labour and gender history! aboriginal studies! and the study of state formation! Citizen Docker examines the deep shift in the aspirations of working people! and the implications that shift had on Canadian society in the interwar years and beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Parnaby
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2008
• EAN: 9780802093844
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-9384-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Canadian Social History Series; Canadian Social History; Canadian Social History Series; Canadian Social History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous