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 institutions that structured the relationship during the Fordist era: the companies and the unions. He 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 eloquent analysis.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
ISBN-13
9780774813082
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95327142
Product Key Features
Author
Gordon Hak
Publication Name
Capital and Labour in the British Columbia Forest Industry, 1934-74
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
159mm
Item Weight
420g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Gordon Hak
Country/Region of Manufacture
Canada
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