Bienfait : : The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31 /

Bienfait : : The Saskatchewan Miners' Struggle of '31 / / Stephen Endicott.

Against all odds, the miners of Bienfait, Saskatchewan attempted, in 1931, to change their miserable situation by organizing a union. Stephen Endicott focuses on the miners' tumultuous thirty-day strike to explore the social consequences of capitalist restructuring during the Great Depression....

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Endicott, Stephen,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2002
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Bienfait Coalfields
  • 2. John Billis and Family
  • 3. Boruk's Boarding House
  • 4. August: Gaining Momentum
  • 5. September: On Strike
  • 6. Strikers versus the Strip Mine
  • 7. The Parade
  • 8. Sticking with the Union
  • 9. The Trials
  • 10. Spreading of Seeds
  • Appendix 1. Changing Organization of Capital i Bienfait/Estevan Coalfields
  • Appendix 2. Proposed Contract, Estevan District
  • Appendix 3. History of Union Organization in Bienfait/Estevan Coalfields
  • Notes
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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