ACLS Humanities E-Book: Dreaming of what might be: the Knights of Labor in Ontario, 1880-1900

Dreaming of what might be: the Knights of Labor in Ontario, 1880-1900

Kealey, Gregory S., 1948-, Palmer, Bryan D.

Year: 1982.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

List of tables, figures, and maps

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Historiography

Reinterpretation

Part I. Overview

1. The working class and industrial capitalist development in Ontario to 1890

2. "Warp, woof, and web": The structure of the Knights of Labor in Ontario

Part II. The local setting

3. Toronto and the organization of all workers

4. Hamilton and the Home Club

Part III. The wider experience: Taking the bad with the good

5. "Unscrupulous Rascals and the most infamous damn liars and tricksters at Large": The underside of the Knights of Labor

6. The Order in politics: The challenge of 1883- 1887

7. "Politicians in the Order": The conflicts of decline, 1887-1894

8. "Spread the light!": Forging a culture

9. The people's strike: Class conflict and the Knights of Labor

Part IV. Conclusion

10. Accomplishment and failure

Appendix. Preamble and declaration of principles of the Knights of Labor

Notes

Selected bibliography

Index

reviews

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Title:

Dreaming of what might be : the Knights of Labor in Ontario, 1880-1900 Gregory S. Kealey, Bryan D. Palmer.

Author:

Kealey, Gregory S., 1948-; Palmer, Bryan D

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Dreaming of what might be : the Knights of Labor in Ontario, 1880-1900 Gregory S. Kealey, Bryan D. Palmer.
Kealey, Gregory S., 1948-, Palmer, Bryan D
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00406

Subject Headings:

• Knights of Labor (Canada)
• Labor unions -- Ontario -- History

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