The Limits of Labour
Author: David Bright
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780774806961
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a few short decades before the First World War, Calgary was transformed from a frontier outpost into a complex industrial metropolis. With industrialization there emerged a diverse and equally complex working class. David Bright explores the various levels of class formation and class identity in the city to argue that Calgary's reputation as a prewar centre of labour conservatism is in need of revision.