Craig Heron, Steve Penfold

The Workers' Festival

A History of Labour Day in Canada

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 189mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780802038470
• ISBN-10: 0802038476
• Artikelnr.: 20951735

Autorenporträt

By Craig Heron and Steve Penfold

Inhaltsangabe

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