Jobs and Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945
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Despite acute labour shortages during the Second World War, Canadian employers--with the complicity of state officials--discriminated against workers of African, Asian, and Eastern and Southern European origin, excluding them from both white collar and skilled jobs. Jobs and Justice argues that, while the war intensified hostility and suspicion toward minority workers, the urgent need for their contributions and the egalitarian rhetoric used to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1442611286
ISBN13:9781442611283
Release Date:January 2012
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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