Andrew Parnaby (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A bit of mild fading to boards, with light pushing at spine ends. Very light soiling at top edge of text block. Internally pages are clean and white. No writing, no underlining, no highlighting, and no dog-ears. Dust jacket shows mild edgewear, and price stickers affixed to both front and rear panels.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Green cloth, 321pp, index, B&W and sepia toned photos tell the history of the Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers Union in Canada. (3.0 JM HOJ 302/a2 Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book is very good. Dust jacket has slight edge wear and some sticker remains on front cover otherwise good to very good. Large book. May be extra shipping charge at cost.

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Paperback. Condition: New. The emergence, dominance, and alarmingly rapid retreat of modernist industrial capitalism on Cape Breton Island during the "long twentieth century" offers a particularly captivating window on the lasting and varied effects of deindustrialization. Now, at the tail end of the industrial moment in North American history, the story of Cape Breton Island presents an opportunity to reflect on how industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped human experiences. Covering the period between 1860 and the early 2000s, this volume looks at trade unionism, state and cultural responses to deindustrialization, including the more recent pivot towards the tourist industry, and the lived experiences of Indigenous and Black people. Rather than focusing on the separate or distinct nature of Cape Breton, contributors place the island within broad transnational networks such as the financial world of the Anglo-Atlantic, the Celtic music revival, the Black diaspora, Canadian development programs, and more. In capturing the vital elements of a region on the rural resource frontier that was battered by deindustrialization, the histories included here show how the interplay of the state, cultures, and transnational connections shaped how people navigated these heavy pressures, both individually and collectively.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The emergence, dominance, and alarmingly rapid retreat of modernist industrial capitalism on Cape Breton Island during the "long twentieth century" offers a particularly captivating window on the lasting and varied effects of deindustrialization. Now, at the tail end of the industrial moment in North American history, the story of Cape Breton Island presents an opportunity to reflect on how industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped human experiences. Covering the period between 1860 and the early 2000s, this volume looks at trade unionism, state and cultural responses to deindustrialization, including the more recent pivot towards the tourist industry, and the lived experiences of Indigenous and Black people. Rather than focusing on the separate or distinct nature of Cape Breton, contributors place the island within broad transnational networks such as the financial world of the Anglo-Atlantic, the Celtic music revival, the Black diaspora, Canadian development programs, and more. In capturing the vital elements of a region on the rural resource frontier that was battered by deindustrialization, the histories included here show how the interplay of the state, cultures, and transnational connections shaped how people navigated these heavy pressures, both individually and collectively. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Reprint Ed. viii, 687 pp, illus, notes; very minor wear. [23].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition with number line to one. As new, unread and not remaindered. The interior is crisp, clean and unmarked. Bright clean titles to spine. Corners are sharp and square. Unclipped dustjacket is very lightly bumped to extremities with minor shelfwear to show. This heavy volume will require additional postage. Born in the Great Depression the International Woodworkers of America has thrived as documented in this history despite numerous and great challenges to its survival. Photographs (illustrator).…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 500 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. In Stock.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. "Traces the struggle to unionize forest and sawmill workers from the early days of the Wobblies, the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, and other predecessor unions to the breakthrough of 1937, when the IWA was founded and quickly grew in the booming wartime economy. Generously illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs. A worthy tribute to the strength, vision, humour, and perseverance of the men and women of this important industrial union." - dust jacket. 321 pages. Index. List of sources and suggested reading. Moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. Minimal library markings. A quality copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The IWA in Canada: The Life and Times of an Industrial Union Loggers Logging Labour Labor Northwest Coastal Sawmill Forest Strikes Scabs.…

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