Reformers Rebels And Revolutionaries

Author : A. Ross McCormack
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802076823

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Reformers, Rebels and Revolutionaries by A. Ross McCormack Pdf

The opening of the twentieth century saw a fervour of radical political movements in Western Canada. Ross McCormack explores the constituencies, ideologies, and development of early reformist, syndicalist, and socialist organizations from the 1880s up to the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919. He distinguishes three types of radicals - reformers, rebels, and revolutionaries - who competed with each other to fashion a gneral western constituency. The reformers wanted to change society for the betterment of the workers, but both their aims and methods were moderate, essentially transfering the philosophy and tactics of the British labour movement to the Canadian west. The rebels, militant industrial unionists, periodically battled the Trades and Labour Congress in order to establish unions strong enough to defet the employers and, if necessary, the state. The revolutionary Marxists were committed to the destruction of industrial capitalism and the establishment of a society controlled by the workers. The book describes the origins of radicalism, traces the histories of the various organizations that expressed its ideals, and discusses the impact of the First World War on the labour movement. Using previously unexplored sources, McCormack has produced the first comprehensive examination of the early history of the radical movement in western Canada, adding an important dimension to our knowledge and understanding of Canadian labour history.

Author : Andrew Ross McCormack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Labor unions
ISBN : 0608128813

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Reformers, Rebels, and Revolutionaries by Andrew Ross McCormack Pdf

Author : Douglas R. Egerton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136701603

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Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries by Douglas R. Egerton Pdf

This collection of essays examines the lives and thoughts of three interrelated Southern groups - enslaved rebels, conservative white reformers, and white revolutionaries -presenting a clear and cogent understanding of race, reform, and conservatism in early American history.

Author : Ray Raphael
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307455994

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Revolutionary Founders by Ray Raphael Pdf

In twenty-two original essays, leading historians reveal the radical impulses at the founding of the American Republic. Here is a fresh, new reading of the American Revolution that gives voice and recognition to a generation of radical thinkers and doers whose revolutionary ideals outstripped those of the “Founding Fathers.” While the Founding Fathers advocated a break from Britain and espoused ideals of republican government, none proposed significant changes to the fabric of colonial society. Yet during this “revolutionary” period some people did believe that “liberty” meant “liberty for all” and that “equality” should be applied to political, economic, and religious spheres. Here are the stories of individuals and groups who exemplified the radical ideals of the American Revolution more in keeping with our own values today. This volume helps us to understand the social conflicts unleashed by the struggle for independence, the Revolution’s achievements, and the unfinished agenda it left to future generations to confront.

Author : Rochelle Melander
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781506466408

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Mightier Than the Sword by Rochelle Melander Pdf

"Interactive and inspiring, Mightier Than the Sword celebrates the stories of over forty diverse, trailblazing people whose writing transformed history"--

Author : Craig Heron
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487522513

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Working Lives by Craig Heron Pdf

Craig Heron is one of Canada's leading labour historians. Drawing together fifteen of Heron's new and previously published essays on working-class life in Canada, Working Lives covers a wide range of issues, including politics, culture, gender, wage-earning, and union organization. A timely contribution to the evolving field of labour studies in Canada, this cohesive collection of essays analyzes the daily experiences of people working across Canada over more than two hundred years. Honest in its depictions of the historical complexities of daily life, Working Lives raises issues in the writing of Canadian working-class history, especially "working-class realism" and how it is eventually inscribed into Canada's public history. Thoughtfully reflecting on the ways in which workers interact with the past, Heron discusses the important role historians and museums play in remembering the adversity and milestones experienced by Canada's working class.

Author : Arthur Ponsonby Baron Ponsonby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Reformers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048685627

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Rebels and Reformers by Arthur Ponsonby Baron Ponsonby Pdf

Author : Chris Clarkson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774841108

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Domestic Reforms by Chris Clarkson Pdf

British Columbia inherited a legal system that granted married men control over most family property and imposed few obligations on them toward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward, lawmakers throughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators on the Pacific Coast, began to grant women and children new rights. Domestic Reforms deftly analyzes the impact of the legislation, with emphasis on the ambitions of regulated populations, the influence of the judiciary, and the social and fiscal concerns of generations of legislators and bureaucrats.

Author : Stephen Basdeo
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526785930

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English Rebels and Revolutionaries by Stephen Basdeo Pdf

Throughout history brave Englishmen and women have never been afraid to rise up against their unjust rulers and demand their rights. Barely a century has gone by without England being witness to a major uprising against the government of the day, often resulting in a fundamental change to the constitution. This book is a collection of biographies, written by experts in their field, of the lives and deeds of famous English freedom fighters, rebels, and democrats who have had a major impact on history. Featured chapters include the history of Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, when an army of 50,000 people marched to London in 1381 to demand an end to serfdom and the hated poll tax. Alongside Wat Tyler in this pantheon of English revolutionaries is Jack Cade who in 1450 led an angry mob to London to protest against government corruption. There are three chapters on various aspects of the English Civil War, during which the English executed their king. Other rebel heroes featured include Thomas Paine, the great intellectual of the American and French Revolutions; Mary Wollstonecraft, author of The Rights of Woman; Henry Hunt, who, as well as the Chartists after him, campaigned for universal suffrage; William Morris, the visionary designer and socialist thinker; and finally the Suffragettes and Suffragists who fought for women’s voting rights.

Author : Wendy Wickwire
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774861540

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At the Bridge by Wendy Wickwire Pdf

At the Bridge chronicles the little-known story of James Teit, a prolific ethnographer who, from 1884 to 1922, worked with and advocated for the Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and the northwestern United States. From his base at Spences Bridge, BC, Teit forged a participant-based anthropology that was far ahead of its time. Whereas his contemporaries, including famed anthropologist Franz Boas, studied Indigenous peoples as members of “dying cultures,” Teit worked with them as members of living cultures resisting colonial influence over their lives and lands. Whether recording stories, mapping place-names, or participating in the chiefs’ fight for fair treatment, he made their objectives his own. With his allies, he produced copious, meticulous records; an army of anthropologists could not have achieved a fraction of what he achieved in his short life. Wickwire’s beautifully crafted narrative accords Teit the status he deserves, consolidating his place as a leading and innovative anthropologist in his own right.

Author : Craig Heron
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0802080820

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The Workers' Revolt in Canada, 1917-1925 by Craig Heron Pdf

A clear, concise portrait of one of the most dramatic moments in the history of working-class life and class relations generally in Canada - the upsurge of working-class protest at the end of the First World War.

Author : A.A. den Otter
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0888641117

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Civilizing the West by A.A. den Otter Pdf

Alexander Galt and his son Elliott worked tirelessly to promote resource exploitation on Canada's vast western plains. Their coal mines in Alberta gave birth to the city of Lethbridge.

Author : Christopher Adams
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780887553554

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Politics in Manitoba by Christopher Adams Pdf

Politics in Manitoba is the first comprehensive review of the Manitoba party system that combines history and contemporary public opinion data to reveal the political and voter trends that have shaped the province of Manitoba over the past 130 years. The book details the histories of the Progressive Conservatives, the Liberals, and the New Democratic Party from 1870 to 2007. Adams looks in particular at the enduring influence of political geography and political culture, as well as the impact of leadership, campaign strategies, organizational resources, and the media on voter preferences. Adams also presents here for the first time public opinion data based on more than 25,000 interviews with Manitobans, conducted between 1999 and 2007. He analyzes voter age, gender, income, education, and geographic location to determine how Manitobans vote. In the process Adams dispels some commonly held beliefs about party supporters and identifies recurring themes in voter behaviour.

Author : Edward Vallance
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405527774

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A Radical History Of Britain by Edward Vallance Pdf

From medieval Runnymede to twentieth-century Jarrow, from King Alfred to George Orwell by way of John Lilburne and Mary Wollstonecraft, a rich and colourful thread of radicalism runs through a thousand years of British history. In this fascinating study, Edward Vallance traces a national tendency towards revolution, irreverence and reform wherever it surfaces and in all its variety. He unveils the British people who fought and died for religious freedom, universal suffrage, justice and liberty - and shows why, now more than ever, their heroic achievements must be celebrated. Beginning with Magna Carta, Vallance subjects the touchstones of British radicalism to rigorous scrutiny. He evokes the figureheads of radical action, real and mythic - Robin Hood and Captain Swing, Wat Tyler, Ned Ludd, Thomas Paine and Emmeline Pankhurst - and the popular movements that bore them. Lollards and Levellers, Diggers, Ranters and Chartists, each has its membership, principles and objectives revealed.

Author : John F. Conway
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781459406247

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The Rise of the New West by John F. Conway Pdf

This one-volume history chronicles a 150-year history of dramatic changes in fortune and attitudes in western Canada. From the Riel Rebellions and the Winnipeg General Strike to the founding of the CCF, Social Credit, and Reform parties, Canada's West has always been a hotbed of political, social, and economic change. In the early twentieth century those calls for change emanated from the left as farmers and workers fought for social and economic justice. In the past two decades, the protests and calls for change emanated from the right as the region gained a new role for itself in Canada. This history chronicles the rise and fall of such figures as Grant Devine, Bill Vander Zalm, Glen Clark, Roy Romanow, Stockwell Day, and Lorne Calvert -- and the emergence of Stephen Harper and the federal Conservatives. It describes how the West, the political wellspring of progressive changes over the years, has been transformed into the bastion of the right, culminating in the virtual annihilation of the NDP in Saskatchewan, the cradle of social democracy in Canada. This is the updated fourth edition of John Conway's classic book originally published under the titleThe West.