Canada Investigates Industrialism : : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / / ed. by Gregory S. Kealey.
In the 1880s Canadians began to cope with the meaning of their emerging industrial society. During that decade the federal government first investigated industrial conditions and provincial governments passed Canada's first factory legislation. The same period saw the resurgence of an articulat...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
---|---|
MitwirkendeR: | |
HerausgeberIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1973 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Heritage
|
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (492 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9781487589080 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)513662 (OCoLC)1121056577 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / ed. by Gregory S. Kealey. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019] ©1973 1 online resource (492 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Reports of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital in Canada, 1889 -- Part 2. Ontario Evidence -- Part 3. Quebec Evidence -- Part 4. New Brunswick Evidence -- Part 5. Nova Scotia Evidence -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In the 1880s Canadians began to cope with the meaning of their emerging industrial society. During that decade the federal government first investigated industrial conditions and provincial governments passed Canada's first factory legislation. The same period saw the resurgence of an articulate and angry labor movement protesting against the excesses of modern industry. Through the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital we can perhaps gain our best insight into the everyday world of workers and capitalists in late nineteenth-century Canada. The commission gathered evidence in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick and talked to thousands of workers, businessmen, and other concerned citizens. This edited version of its investigation includes much of the best testimony; it describes working class living conditions, the emergence of organized labor, and the attitudes of businessmen to industrial capitalism. The testimony takes us with the commissioners on their tour of New Brunswick cotton mills, Capre Breton coal pits, Ontario shops and foundries, and Quebec City wharves; it explores as well the darkest corners of Montreal cigar factories. Industrialists discuss profits, markets, sources of raw material, and problems with labor. But what is perhaps more important, the working people themselves are also heard, men and women who in most historical records appear as little more than cold statistics. The warmth and humanity of these Canadians reflecting on their lives and on the society around them bring the commission documents to life. Aging craftsmen, ten-year-old saw-mill hands, girls from the spindles and looms, describe their workplaces, wages, hours, and aspects of their lives away from the job. These almost unique interviews allow us to enter their intellectual and cultural world – to learn of their past and present and of some of their hopes and aspirations. The Labor Commission reports and testimony are essential for an understanding of the Canadian working class as it was being transformed by the new techniques of industrial production. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Industrial relations Canada. Labor movement Canada. Labor Canada. Working class Canada. HISTORY / Canada / General. bisacsh Kealey, Greg, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Kealey, Gregory S., editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487589080 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487589080 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487589080.jpg |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author2 |
Kealey, Greg, Kealey, Greg, Kealey, Gregory S., Kealey, Gregory S., |
author_facet |
Kealey, Greg, Kealey, Greg, Kealey, Gregory S., Kealey, Gregory S., |
author2_variant |
g k gk g k gk g s k gs gsk g s k gs gsk |
author2_role |
MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR HerausgeberIn HerausgeberIn |
author_sort |
Kealey, Greg, |
title |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / |
spellingShingle |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / Heritage Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Reports of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital in Canada, 1889 -- Part 2. Ontario Evidence -- Part 3. Quebec Evidence -- Part 4. New Brunswick Evidence -- Part 5. Nova Scotia Evidence -- Index |
title_sub |
The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / |
title_full |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / ed. by Gregory S. Kealey. |
title_fullStr |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / ed. by Gregory S. Kealey. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / ed. by Gregory S. Kealey. |
title_auth |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Reports of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital in Canada, 1889 -- Part 2. Ontario Evidence -- Part 3. Quebec Evidence -- Part 4. New Brunswick Evidence -- Part 5. Nova Scotia Evidence -- Index |
title_new |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : |
title_sort |
canada investigates industrialism : the royal commission on the relations of labor and capital, 1889 (abridged) / |
series |
Heritage |
series2 |
Heritage |
publisher |
University of Toronto Press, |
publishDate |
2019 |
physical |
1 online resource (492 p.) |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Reports of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital in Canada, 1889 -- Part 2. Ontario Evidence -- Part 3. Quebec Evidence -- Part 4. New Brunswick Evidence -- Part 5. Nova Scotia Evidence -- Index |
isbn |
9781487589080 9783110490947 |
geographic_facet |
Canada. |
url |
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487589080 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487589080 https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487589080.jpg |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
300 - Social sciences |
dewey-tens |
330 - Economics |
dewey-ones |
331 - Labor economics |
dewey-full |
331/.0971 |
dewey-sort |
3331 3971 |
dewey-raw |
331/.0971 |
dewey-search |
331/.0971 |
doi_str_mv |
10.3138/9781487589080 |
oclc_num |
1121056577 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT kealeygreg canadainvestigatesindustrialismtheroyalcommissionontherelationsoflaborandcapital1889abridged AT kealeygregorys canadainvestigatesindustrialismtheroyalcommissionontherelationsoflaborandcapital1889abridged |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)513662 (OCoLC)1121056577 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Canada Investigates Industrialism : The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) / |
container_title |
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
author2_original_writing_str_mv |
noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField noLinkedField |
_version_ |
1770177036500860928 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04955nam a22006975i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">9781487589080</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20210830012106.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">210830t20191973onc fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781487589080</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.3138/9781487589080</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)513662</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1121056577</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">onc</subfield><subfield code="c">CA-ON</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HIS006000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2="4"><subfield code="a">331/.0971</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Canada Investigates Industrialism :</subfield><subfield code="b">The Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital, 1889 (Abridged) /</subfield><subfield code="c">ed. by Gregory S. Kealey.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Toronto : </subfield><subfield code="b">University of Toronto Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2019]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©1973</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (492 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Heritage</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part 1. Reports of the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital in Canada, 1889 -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part 2. Ontario Evidence -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part 3. Quebec Evidence -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part 4. New Brunswick Evidence -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Part 5. Nova Scotia Evidence -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In the 1880s Canadians began to cope with the meaning of their emerging industrial society. During that decade the federal government first investigated industrial conditions and provincial governments passed Canada's first factory legislation. The same period saw the resurgence of an articulate and angry labor movement protesting against the excesses of modern industry. Through the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labor and Capital we can perhaps gain our best insight into the everyday world of workers and capitalists in late nineteenth-century Canada. The commission gathered evidence in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick and talked to thousands of workers, businessmen, and other concerned citizens. This edited version of its investigation includes much of the best testimony; it describes working class living conditions, the emergence of organized labor, and the attitudes of businessmen to industrial capitalism. The testimony takes us with the commissioners on their tour of New Brunswick cotton mills, Capre Breton coal pits, Ontario shops and foundries, and Quebec City wharves; it explores as well the darkest corners of Montreal cigar factories. Industrialists discuss profits, markets, sources of raw material, and problems with labor. But what is perhaps more important, the working people themselves are also heard, men and women who in most historical records appear as little more than cold statistics. The warmth and humanity of these Canadians reflecting on their lives and on the society around them bring the commission documents to life. Aging craftsmen, ten-year-old saw-mill hands, girls from the spindles and looms, describe their workplaces, wages, hours, and aspects of their lives away from the job. These almost unique interviews allow us to enter their intellectual and cultural world – to learn of their past and present and of some of their hopes and aspirations. The Labor Commission reports and testimony are essential for an understanding of the Canadian working class as it was being transformed by the new techniques of industrial production.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Industrial relations</subfield><subfield code="z">Canada.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Labor movement</subfield><subfield code="z">Canada.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Labor</subfield><subfield code="z">Canada.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Working class</subfield><subfield code="z">Canada.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HISTORY / Canada / General.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Kealey, Greg, </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Kealey, Gregory S., </subfield><subfield code="e">editor.</subfield><subfield code="4">edt</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="773" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Title is part of eBook package:</subfield><subfield code="d">De Gruyter</subfield><subfield code="t">University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999</subfield><subfield code="z">9783110490947</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487589080</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487589080</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487589080.jpg</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">978-3-11-049094-7 University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999</subfield><subfield code="c">1933</subfield><subfield code="d">1999</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA11SSHE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA13ENGE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA17SSHEE</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">PDA5EBK</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |