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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Edmonton : Athabasca University Press and Canadian Committee on Labour History, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781927356067
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F1060 .W344 2013
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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

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