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The New Democracy

Challenging the Social Order in Industrial Ontario, 1914-1925

by (author) James Naylor

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Nov 1991
Category
General, Labor & Industrial Relations
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802059536
    Publish Date
    May 1991
    List Price
    $72.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802068866
    Publish Date
    May 1991
    List Price
    $40.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442681842
    Publish Date
    Nov 1991
    List Price
    $91.00

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James Naylor traces the transformation of class relations in the industrial cities of southern Ontario, examining the character of the regional labour movement, the nature of employer and state response, and the reasons for the failure of labour's "new democracy."

About the author

James Naylor is the author of The Fate of Labour Socialism: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Dream of a Working-Class Future (2016). He is a professor of history at Brandon University.

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Editorial Reviews

'Moves our understanding of the history of Canadian workers in the momentous period to new levels of subtlety and sophistication.'

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