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Wages of Relief
Cities and the Unemployed in Prairie Canada, 1929-39
Langbeschreibung
In the early part of the Dirty Thirties, the Canadian prairie city was a relatively safe haven. Having faced recession before the Great War and then again in the early 1920s, municipalities already had relief apparatuses in place to deal with poverty and unemployment. Until 1933, responsibilty for the care of the urban poor remained with local governments, but when the farms failed that year, and the Depression deepened, western Canadian cities suffered tremendously. Recognizing the severity of the crisis, the national government intervened. Evolving federal programs and policies took over responsibility for the delivery of relief to the single unemployed, while the government simultaneously withdrew financing for all public works projects.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Tables and FiguresIntroduction
1. The Rise of the City Relief Machines
2. The Anatomy of City Relief
3. Building Cities
4. Unemployed Men at Work
5. Local Responsibility in Decline
Conclusion
Notes / Bibliography / Index
1. The Rise of the City Relief Machines
2. The Anatomy of City Relief
3. Building Cities
4. Unemployed Men at Work
5. Local Responsibility in Decline
Conclusion
Notes / Bibliography / Index
Eric Strikwerda teaches Canadian history at the University of Alberta and labour studies/industrial relations at Athabasca University.
ISBN-13:
9781927356074
Veröffentl:
2013
Seiten:
333
Autor:
Eric Strikwerda
Serie:
Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
2 - DRM Adobe
Sprache:
Englisch
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