TY  - BOOK
AU  - Strikwerda,Eric
TI  - The Wages of Relief: Cities and the Unemployed in Prairie Canada, 1929-39
T2  - Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH series
SN  - 9781927356067
AV  - F1060 .W344 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Edmonton
PB  - Athabasca University Press and Canadian Committee on Labour History
KW  - Depressions
KW  - Prairie Provinces
KW  - Unemployed
KW  - Government policy
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Public welfare administration
KW  - Municipal government
KW  - Urban economics
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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