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Guarding the Gates: The Canadian Labour Movement and Immigration, 1872-1934
David Goutor
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Hardback. A pioneering study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration from the 1870s to the Great Depression. Num Pages: 284 pages, approx. 25 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774813648
SKU
V9780774813648
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About David Goutor
David Goutor is a Canadian historian and an assistant professor in the Labour Studies Programme at McMaster University.
Reviews for Guarding the Gates: The Canadian Labour Movement and Immigration, 1872-1934
David Goutor skilfully explores the meanings and consequences of organized labour’s opposition to wholesale recruitment of labour abroad and to different streams of immigration ... Goutor’s most significant contribution is to explore the relationship between labour’s attitudes to immigration and its ability to develop as an effective political force.
James Naylor, Brandon University
BC Studies, No. 155, Autumn ... Read more
James Naylor, Brandon University
BC Studies, No. 155, Autumn ... Read more