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Author Babcock, Robert, H

Title Gompers in Canada : a Study in American Continentalism Before the First World War
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1974

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Description 1 online resource (307 pages)
Series Heritage
Heritage.
Contents 1 Introduction -- 2 First encounter -- 3 The rise of branch plants -- 4 Organizing boom -- 5 Labour politics in Canada -- 6 Dual unions -- 7 Berlin victory -- 8 A 'state' federation -- 9 External enemies -- 10 Jurisdictional disputes and secessions -- 11 Political action -- 12 Master and servant -- 13 Labour continentalism -- APPENDIXES
Summary The story of Gompers in Canada has never been properly treated: this book is a significant addition to Canadian and American labour history and to the study of American expansion
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Subject Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924.
Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
American Federation of Labor -- History
American Federation of Labor
Labor unions -- Canada -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture.
Labor unions
Canada
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442656437
1442656433