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4. Coopers encounter machines: the struggle for shorter hours
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Tables ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- Preface to the 1991 edition xv
- Introduction xix
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PART ONE. Toronto's Age of Capital
- 1. Toronto and a national policy 3
- 2. Toronto's industrial revolution 18
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PART TWO. Toronto Workers and the Industrial Age
- 3. Shoemakers, shoe factories, and the Knights of St Crispin 37
- 4. Coopers encounter machines: the struggle for shorter hours 53
- 5. Toronto metal-trades workers and shop-floor control 64
- 6. Printers and mechanization 83
- 7. The Orange Order in Toronto: religious riot and the working class 98
- 8. The Toronto working class enters politics: the nine-hours movement and the Toronto junta 124
- 9. The national policy and the Toronto working class 154
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PART THREE. Crisis in Toronto
- 10. Organizing all workers: the Knights of Labor in Toronto 175
- 11. Partyism in decline 216
- 12. 1886-1887: a year of challenge 237
- 13. Partyism ascendant 254
- 14. Radicalism and the fight for the street railway 274
- 15. Conclusion 291
- APPENDICES 297
- Notes 337
- Index 407
- Backmatter 421
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Tables ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- Preface to the 1991 edition xv
- Introduction xix
-
PART ONE. Toronto's Age of Capital
- 1. Toronto and a national policy 3
- 2. Toronto's industrial revolution 18
-
PART TWO. Toronto Workers and the Industrial Age
- 3. Shoemakers, shoe factories, and the Knights of St Crispin 37
- 4. Coopers encounter machines: the struggle for shorter hours 53
- 5. Toronto metal-trades workers and shop-floor control 64
- 6. Printers and mechanization 83
- 7. The Orange Order in Toronto: religious riot and the working class 98
- 8. The Toronto working class enters politics: the nine-hours movement and the Toronto junta 124
- 9. The national policy and the Toronto working class 154
-
PART THREE. Crisis in Toronto
- 10. Organizing all workers: the Knights of Labor in Toronto 175
- 11. Partyism in decline 216
- 12. 1886-1887: a year of challenge 237
- 13. Partyism ascendant 254
- 14. Radicalism and the fight for the street railway 274
- 15. Conclusion 291
- APPENDICES 297
- Notes 337
- Index 407
- Backmatter 421