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The Workers' Festival
A History of Labour Day in Canada
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English
Published/Copyright:
2005
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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.
Author / Editor information
Heron Craig :
Craig Heron is a professor emeritus in the Department of History at York University and author of Working Steel: The Early Years in Canada, 1883-1935, also published by University of Toronto Press.
Penfold Steve :
Steve Penfold is an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. He is the author of The Donut: A Canadian History (UTP 2008).
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Jan Ravensbergen:
'... Heron and Penfold have laid invaluable and long-overdue groundwork in a field of study that to date has been remarkably poorly documented.'
'... Heron and Penfold have laid invaluable and long-overdue groundwork in a field of study that to date has been remarkably poorly documented.'
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: The Making of Labour’s Day
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Chapter One. Holy Days, Holidays, and Labour Days
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Chapter Two. The Craftsmen's Spectacle
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Chapter Three. Sharing Labour Day
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Chapter Four. The Universal Playday
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Chapter Five. Marching to Different Tunes
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Chapter Six. Clenched Fists, Clowns, and Chilling Out
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Conclusion: The Legacy of Labour’s Day
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Abbreviations
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Notes
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Index
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December 15, 2005
eBook ISBN:
9781442657342
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340
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
