Knowledge Is Essential for Universal Progress but Fatal to Class Privilege
Working People and the Schools in Vancouver during the 1920s
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| ID | 3983309 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jean Barman (University of British Columbia, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1988 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Páginas | 9 |
| Data de publicação | 1988-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Labour / Le Travail (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0700-3862 • E-ISSN: 1911-4842 |
| Editora | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25143027 |
| OpenAlex | W1584697190 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
Labour historians have characterized the 1920s as a time of working-class quiescence. The reality, at least in the case of Vancouver, was more complex. The work place may have become quieter, but working people were not inert. Organized activity focussed on the city's schools, not to overturn the system but rather to obtain fairer consideration for the children of working people. By opting for reform over class confrontation, working people allied themselves with like-minded, largely middle-class individuals equally concerned with educational reform. Considerable improvement of facilities resulted, despite active opposition by business interests concerned with immediate economic advantage. The consequence was that more children of working people, and more children generally, stayed in school a little longer. Resume Pour les specialistes en histoire du travail, les annees 1920 se presentent comme une periode de calme. Dans le cas de Vancouver, au moins, la realite s'est averee plus complexe. Si le milieu de travail s'etait assagi, les travailleurs et les travailleuses etaient loin d'etre apathiques. Leurs activites ne visaient pas a renverser l'ordre etabli mais, dirigees vers les ecoles de la ville, elles reclamaient plus de consideration pour les enfants de la classe ouvriere. En optant pour le reformisme plutot que la confrontation des classes, les representants de la classe ouvriere etablirent des alliances avec des membres de la bourgeoisie animes par les memes intentions et egalement preoccupes de reformes scolaires. Il en est resulte des ameliorations importantes malgre la vive opposition du milieu des affaires plus interesse a obtenir des avantages economiques immediats. Par consequent, les enfants de la classe ouvriere, comme les jeunes en general, jouirent d'une certaine prolongation de leur scolarite
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| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,14 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1991 - 2024 (34) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 4 |