{"product_id":"working-lives-essays-in-canadian-working-class-history-paperback-softback-9781487522513","title":"Working Lives; Essays in Canadian Working-Class History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487522513","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWorking Lives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Canadian Working-Class History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCraig Heron (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487522513\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e640 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15 x 3.3 cm, 0.86 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Heron is a master researcher and synthesizes the social history of workers on the job, as working conditions became more centralized and mechanized, in communities, and in the home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Laurel Sefton Macdowell, University of Toronto (\u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraig Heron is one of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s leading labour historians. Drawing together fifteen of Heron\u0026amp;#x2019;s new and previously published essays on working-class life in Canada, \u003ci\u003eWorking Lives\u003c\/i\u003e covers a wide range of issues, including politics, culture, gender, wage-earning, and union organization. A timely contribution to the evolving field of labour studies in Canada, this cohesive collection of essays analyzes the daily experiences of people working across Canada over more than two hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHonest in its depictions of the historical complexities of daily life, \u003ci\u003eWorking Lives\u003c\/i\u003e raises issues in the writing of Canadian working-class history, especially \"working-class realism\" and how it is eventually inscribed into Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s public history. Thoughtfully reflecting on the ways in which workers interact with the past, Heron discusses the important role historians and museums play in remembering the adversity and milestones experienced by Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s working class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One: On the Job\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1. On the Job in Canada\u003cbr\u003e2. Ontario\u0026amp;#x2019;s First Factory Workers\u003cbr\u003e3. Work and Struggle in the Canadian Steel Industry, 1900-50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: Workers\u0026amp;#x2019; Cultures \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e4. Arguing about Idleness\u003cbr\u003e5. Labour and Liquor\u003cbr\u003e6. Into the Streets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three: Getting Organized\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Labourism and the Working Class\u003cbr\u003e8. The Great War, the State, and Working-Class Canada          \u003cbr\u003e9. Contours of a Workers\u0026amp;#x2019; Revolt\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Four: A Gendered World\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e10. Working Girls\u003cbr\u003e11. Boys Will Be Boys\u003cbr\u003e12. Male Wage-Earners and the Canadian State\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Five: Doing History\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e13. Workers in the Camera\u0026amp;#x2019;s Eye\u003cbr\u003e14. The Labour Historian and Public History\u003cbr\u003e15. The Relevance of Class \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595499172120,"sku":"9781487522513","price":32.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/working-lives-essays-in-canadian-working-class-history-paperback-softback-9781487522513","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}