Guarding the Gates
Subtitle: The Canadian Labour Movement and Immigration, 1872-1934
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: May 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780774813648
Subjects: American history; Immigration & emigration; Work & labour; History; Politics / Current Events; History: World; Labor & Industrial Relations - Unions; Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-); Emigration & Immigration; Canada; Employment; Immigrants; Labor unions; Race discrimination
Description: "From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canada's social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement."--Jacket.