Capital and labour in the British Columbia forest industry: 1934 - 74

"The history of British Columbia's economy in the twentieth century is inextricably bound to the development of the forest industry. In this comprehensive study, Gordon Hak approaches the forest industry from the perspectives of workers and employers, examining the two main sets of institu...

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Main Author: Hak, Gordon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver UBC Press 2007
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Online Access:Table of contents
Summary:"The history of British Columbia's economy in the twentieth century is inextricably bound to the development of the forest industry. In this comprehensive study, Gordon Hak approaches the forest industry from the perspectives of workers and employers, examining the two main sets of institutions that structured the relationship during the Fordist era: the companies and the unions." "Drawing on theories of the Labour process, Fordism, and discursive subjectivity, Hak relates daily routines of production and profit-making to broader forces of unionism, business ideology, ecological protest, technological change, and corporate concentration. The struggle of the small-business sector to survive in the face of corporate growth, the history of the industry on the Coast and in the Interior, the transformations in capital-Labour relations during the period, government forest policy, and the forest industry's encounter with the emerging environmental movement are all considered in this analysis." "Capital and Labour in the British Columbia Forest Industry will be essential reading for anyone interested in the business, natural resource, political, social, or labour history of the province."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-249) and index
Physical Description:258 p. ill., maps 24 cm
ISBN:9780774813075
0774813075

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