Agrarian Revolt in W. Canada
Agrarian Revolt in W. Canada

Author: Sharp

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 1948

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1452912203

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This landmark study meticulously traces the evolution of the farmers' movement on the prairies, which led to the birth of the co-operative movement and such populist political movements as the Progressive Party, the Social Credit, and the CCF/NDP. Out of print for almost 30 years, "The Agrarian Revolt" has remained a primary resource for scholars studying the history of this region. The trends which Sharp identified and examined continue to be crucial for an understanding of prairie politics today, for the Reform Party (now the Canadian Alliance Party) is a direct ideological descendant of the earlier populist movements considered in "The Agrarian Revolt."

Farm Workers in Western Canada
Farm Workers in Western Canada

Author: Shirley A. McDonald

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 2017-01-16

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1772122742

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Bill 6, the government of Alberta’s contentious farm workers’ safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years. The Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act provides a right to work safely and a compensation system for those killed or injured at work, similar to other provinces. In nine essays, contributors to Farm Workers in Western Canada place this legislation in context. They look at the origins, work conditions, and precarious lives of farm workers in terms of larger historical forces such as colonialism, land rights, and racism. They also examine how the rights and privileges of farm workers, including seasonal and temporary foreign workers, conflict with those of their employers, and reveal the barriers many face by being excluded from most statutory employment laws, sometimes in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Contributors: Gianna Argento, Bob Barnetson, Michael J. Broadway, Jill Bucklaschuk, Delna Contractor, Darlene A. Dunlop, Brynna Hambly (Takasugi), Zane Hamm, Paul Kennett, Jennifer Koshan, C.F. Andrew Lau, J. Graham Martinelli, Shirley A. McDonald, Robin C. McIntyre, Nelson Medeiros, Kerry Preibisch, Heidi Rolfe, Patricia Tomic, Ricardo Trumper, and Kay Elizabeth Turner.

Insurgent Democracy
Insurgent Democracy

Author: Michael J. Lansing

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2016-11-08

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 022643477X

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In 1915, western farmers mounted one of the most significant challenges to party politics America has seen: the Nonpartisan League, which sought to empower citizens and restrain corporate influence. Before its collapse in the 1920s, the League counted over 250,000 paying members, spread to thirteen states and two Canadian provinces, controlled North Dakota’s state government, and birthed new farmer-labor alliances. Yet today it is all but forgotten, neglected even by scholars. Michael J. Lansing aims to change that. Insurgent Democracy offers a new look at the Nonpartisan League and a new way to understand its rise and fall in the United States and Canada. Lansing argues that, rather than a spasm of populist rage that inevitably burned itself out, the story of the League is in fact an instructive example of how popular movements can create lasting change. Depicting the League as a transnational response to economic inequity, Lansing not only resurrects its story of citizen activism, but also allows us to see its potential to inform contemporary movements.

The Prairie West as Promised Land
The Prairie West as Promised Land

Author: R. Douglas Francis

Publisher: University of Calgary Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 1552382303

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Millions of immigrants were attracted to the Canadian West by promotional literature from the government in the late 19th century to the First World War bringing with them visions of opportunity to create a Utopian society or a chance to take control of their own destinies.

Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands
Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

Author: Lynn Gidluck

Publisher: James Lorimer & Company

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1459400534

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It's visionary, principled leaders-not just policies and programs-that are key to the NDP's importance in Canadian public life

We Are All Treaty People
We Are All Treaty People

Author: Roger Epp

Publisher: University of Alberta

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0888645066

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In his collection of Prairie essays, Roger Epp considers what it means to dwell attentively and responsibly in the rural West. We Are All Treaty People invites those who feel the pull of a prairie heritage to rediscover the poetry surging through the landscapes of the rural West, among its people and their political economy.