Research Catalog

Title

Essays in Northwestern Ontario working class history : Thunder Bay and its environs / edited by Michel S. Beaulieu.

Publication

Thunder Bay, Ont. : Lakehead University Centre for Northern Studies, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Beaulieu, Michel S.
• Lakehead University. Centre for Northern Studies

Description

vi, 332 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Essays in Northwestern Ontario Working Class History is a peer-reviewed examination of the history of the working class from the late nineteenth century to the firm establishment of unions in Northwestern Ontario, in particular the Thunder Bay region, during the late twentieth century. "The book brings together previously published, and new works from a cross-section of established and young scholars working in the allied fields of history, Finnish studies, sociology, and Canadian studies," explains Dr. Beaulieu. "It explores the substance of working class history in the region, and the degree to which it is linked to broader and comparative developments while, at the same time, being rooted in the area." Many of the essays bring to light issues of working class life in the area that have previously been neglected, or misunderstood. According to one contributor, contrary to the popular belief that Aboriginal cultures did not mesh well with the values espoused by an industrial economy, in fact Aboriginal people participated in a range of practices related to the growth of the industrial capitalist economy, including mining and lumbering."--LU press release.

Series Statement

Northern and regional studies series, 1183-6857 ; #16

Uniform Title

Northern and regional studies series v. 16.

Subject

• Working class > Ontario, Northern > History
• Working class > Ontario > Thunder Bay Region > History
• Finns > Ontario, Northern > History
• Labor unions > Ontario, Northern > History
• Indians of North America > Ontario, Northern > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ethnicity and violence : the Lakehead freight handlers before World War I / Jean Morrison -- "Strike duty," the Canadian military and labour at the Lakehead before the First World War / David Karl Ratz -- Harry Bryan : a man of fanatical convictions / Michel S. Beaulieu and Bruce W. Muirhead -- Frederick Urry, architect : the wage-earner's advocate / Jean Morrison -- The cult of spontaneity : Finnish-Canadian bushworkers and the industrial workers of the world in Northern Ontario, 1919-1934 / J. Peter Campbell -- Rosvall and Voutilainen : two union men who never died / Satu Repo -- Oral witness versus documentary evidence : the case of Rosvall and Voutilainen / Peter Raffo -- "A socialist movement which does not attract the women cannot live" : the strength of Finnish socialist women in Port Arthur, 1903-1933 / Samira Saramo -- Aboriginal participation in the industrial economy on the North Shore of Lake Superior, 1869-1940 / Thomas W. Dunk -- Responding to white encroachment : the Robinson-Superior Ojibwa and the capitalist labour economy : 1880-1914 / Steven High -- Faction and class in modern Lakehead politics / A.W. Rasporich -- "I was not afraid to work" : female war plan employees and their work environment / Helen Smith and Pam Wakewich -- "Pressure needed" politics and work in a United Auto Workers Local, Can-Car, 1952-1961 / Hendrick Warnar-Brown -- A study of strike at Canada Safeway by Local 175 of the United Food and Commercial workers / William Vinh-Doyle.

ISBN

• 9781895939309
• 1895939305

OCLC

• 298591555
• SCSB-12475226

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library