ISBN: 9780521244305 - dreaming of what might be: the knights of labor in ontario, 1880-1900 (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 1982. 436 pgs. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. As Canada's most industrialised province, Ontario served as the regional centre of the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, an organisation which embodied a late nineteenth-century working-class vision of an alternative to the developing industrial-capitalist society. The Order opposed the exploitation of labor, and cultivated working-class unity by providing an institutional and cultural rallying point for North American workers. By 1886 thousands of industrial workers had enrolled within the ranks of Ontario's local and district assemblies. This book examines the rise and fall of the Order, providing case studies of its experience in Toronto and Hamilton and chronicling its imp; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 436 pages.…

Hardback. Zustand: New. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 8vo. Tables, figures, maps. ISBN: 0-521-24430-7 Pages: 487 About fine.