[book cover] Class, Community and the Labour Movement

Class, Community and the Labour Movement Wales and Canada, 1850-1930

edited by Deian R. Hopkin and Gregory S. Kealey, with an introduction by David Montgomery

This collection of essays stems from a joint conference held at the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth by the Committee on Canadian Labour History and the Society for the Study of Welsh Labour History. An Introduction by David Montgomery places the essays in a broader international perspective. Contributors from Wales include John Williams, Christopher Turner, Merfyn Jones, Dot Jones, and Deian R. Hopkin. Canadian essays are by Craig Heron, Robert Babcock, Bruno Ramirez, Allen Seager, Linda Kealey, Varpu Lindstrom-Best, and Gregory S. Kealey. The volume includes photographs, maps and tables.

Table of Contents

  1. Contributors
  2. Maps
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
    David Montgomery
  5. The Rise and Decline of the Welsh Economy, 1890-1930
    John Williams
  6. Labour and Industrial Capitalist Development in the North Atlantic Region, 1880-1920
    Robert Babcock
  7. The Second Industrial Revolution in Canada, 1890-1930
    Craig Heron
  8. Conflicts of Faith? Religion and Labour in Wales, 1890-1914
    Christopher Turner
  9. Serfdom and Slavery: Women’s Work in Wales, 1890-1930
    Dot Jones
  10. “Of Men and Stones”: Radicalism and Protest in North Wales, 1850-1914
    Merfyn Jones
  11. Migration and Regional Labour Markets, 1870-1915: The Quebec Case
    Bruno Ramirez
  12. “No Special Protection – No Sympathy”. Women’s Activism in the Canadian Labour Revolt of 1919
    Linda Kealey
  13. Miners’ Struggles in Western Canada, 1890-1930
    Allen Seager
  14. Canadian Mining Towns: A Photo-Montage
    Varpu Linstrom-Best
  15. The Parameters of Class Conflict: Strikes in Canada, 1891-1930
    Gregory S. Kealey
  16. The Great Unrest in Wales, 1910-1913: Questions of Evidence
    Deian R. Hopkin