| Description |
1 online resource (184 pages) : digital, EPUB file |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access |
Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. Online access with authorization. CaOONL |
| Summary |
"When the powerful Fraser River Canners' Association fixed the maximum price per salmon at 15 cents, fishermen united in their determination to win a decent living. Their strike shut down British Columbia's second-largest export industry and effectively resulted in the imposition of martial law as the canners, frustrated by political deadlock in Victoria, called out the militia without government assent to achieve their ends. The strike has long been understood as a watershed moment in the province's industrial history. In this revealing chronicle, Geoff Meggs shows it was even more than that. Other strikes in that era may have lasted longer, many were more violent, but none drew such diverse groups--Indigenous, Japanese, white--into an uneasy, short-term but effective coalition. While united by the common goal of economic equality, strikers were divided by forceful social pressures: First Nations fishermen wished to assert their Indigenous rights; Japanese fishermen, having fled poverty in their homeland, were seeking equality and opportunity in a new country; white fishermen were angered by the greed of the tiny clique of wealthy Vancouver industrialists who controlled the salmon industry. This maelstrom came together in Steveston, a ramshackle clapboard and cedar shake cannery boom town that blossomed into one of the province's largest cities for a few hectic months each summer.In this compelling account, told with journalistic flair and vivid detail, Meggs leaves no room for doubt: this event marked BC's turn into the modern era, with lessons about inequality, racism, immigration and economic power that remain relevant today"-- Publisher's description. http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/StrangeNewCountry |
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Issued also in print format. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Strikes and lockouts -- British Columbia -- Fraser River -- Salmon industry -- History -- 20th century.
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Strikes and lockouts. |
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British Columbia -- Fraser River. |
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Salmon industry. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Salmon industry -- British Columbia -- Fraser River -- History -- 20th century.
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Salmon canning industry -- British Columbia -- Fraser River -- History -- 20th century.
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Salmon canning industry. |
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Fraser River (B.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Meggs, Geoff, 1951-, author. Strange new country.: Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, 2018. (CaOONL)20189002883 |
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Print version: Meggs, Geoff, 1951- Strange new country. Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Publishing, [2018] 1550178296 9781550178296 (DLC) 2018411068 (OCoLC)1033595513 |
| ISBN |
9781550178302 (EPUB) |
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155017830X |
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9781550178296 |
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