Title The Wages of Relief : Cities and the Unemployed in Prairie Canada, 1929-39.

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Edmonton : Athabasca University Press and Canadian Committee on Labour History, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (333 pages).
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Series	Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH series
	Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH series.
Summary	The Wages of Relief examines the Depression experiences of three municipal governments-Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg-and the individuals and families who relied on them for unemployment relief through the 1930s.
Contents	Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Introduction; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Unemployed -- Government policy -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 20th century.
	Unemployed -- Government policy.
	Prairie Provinces.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Unemployed.
	Public welfare administration -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 20th century.
	Public welfare administration.
	Municipal government -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 20th century.
	Municipal government.
	Urban economics -- History -- 20th century.
	Urban economics.
	Cities and towns -- Social aspects -- Prairie Provinces -- History -- 20th century.
	Cities and towns -- Social aspects.
	Cities and towns.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: 9781927356050
ISBN	9781927356067 (electronic book)
	1927356067 (electronic book)
	1927356067

Title The Wages of Relief : Cities and the Unemployed in Prairie Canada, 1929-39.

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