Labour Protest and Organization in Nineteenth-Century Canada, 1820-1890
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5160431 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bryan D Palmer (Queen's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Pages | 61 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour / Le Travail (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0700-3862 • E-ISSN: 1911-4842 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25142849 |
| OpenAlex | W1523238804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
RECENTLY-PUBLISHED STUDIES of labour in nineteenth-century Cana da have expanded our understanding of the forms and extent of working class protest and organization.1 But we still lack an accessible concise depic tion of the general contours of conflict and union formation. Earlier region al tabulations of strike activity, moreover, are now clearly dated and their partial findings inadequate.2 The following data, drawn from a range of nineteenth-century sources and the findings of the scholarship of the last de cade, are presented as an attempt to begin to overcome these deficiencies and fill this void in our knowledge. Accumulated for Volume II of the Histor ical Atlas of Canada, they are presented here with caution and considerable qualification. Unlike the twentieth century, where statistics on strikes and unions were generated through the efforts of the Department of Labour, often with the interests of capital and the state in mind, the nineteenth century provides us with no formal source to consult on the numbers of strikes, lock
Economic history · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · History
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |