Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Lewycky, Dennis  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Magnificent fight [Texte imprimé] : the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike / Dennis Lewycky

Publication : Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing, copyright 2019

Description matérielle : xiii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index
"In May 1919, 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked away from their jobs, shutting down large factories, forcing businesses to close and bringing major industries to a halt. Mounted police and hired security, at the behest of the ruling class, violently ended the protest after six weeks. Two men were killed. What started as trade union revolt, the Winnipeg General Strike became a mass protest and was branded as a revolution. In Magnificent Fight, Dennis Lewycky lays out the history of this iconic event, which remains the biggest and longest strike in Canadian history. He analyzes the social, political and economic conditions leading up to the strike. He also illustrates the effects the strike had on workers, unions and all three levels of government in the following decades. Far from a simple retelling of the General Strike, Magnificent Fight speaks to the power of workers' solidarity and social organization. And Lewycky reveals the length the capitalist class and the state went to in protecting the status quo. By retelling the story of the Strike through the eyes of those who witnessed it, Lewycky's account is both educational and entertaining."
Issued also in electronic format.

Autre(s) forme(s) du titre : 
- Autre forme du titre : 1919 Winnipeg General Strike

Sujet(s) : Grèves générales -- Winnipeg (Canada) -- 1900-1945  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Travailleurs -- Activité politique -- Winnipeg (Canada) -- 1900-1945  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  331.892 (23e éd.) = Grèves  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet ; 971.06 (23e éd.) = Histoire - Canada - 1911-1999  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781773630977. - ISBN 1773630970. - ISBN 9781773630984 (erroné)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb465781135

Notice n° :  FRBNF46578113 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Strike: witnessing a crisis ; Before: background to the strike ; After: follow-up and fallout ; Since: implications for the present.