offers a new perspective on the Second World War, the racist dimensions of state policy, and the origins of human rights campaigns in Canada.
Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945
Hardback
Publication Date: 13/03/2012
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 mobilize the war effort also created an opportunity for minority activists and their English Canadian allies to challenge discrimination.
offers a new perspective on the Second World War, the racist dimensions of state policy, and the origins of human rights campaigns in Canada.
offers a new perspective on the Second World War, the racist dimensions of state policy, and the origins of human rights campaigns in Canada.
- ISBN:
- 9781442642362
- 9781442642362
- Category:
- History of the Americas
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 13-03-2012
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- University of Toronto Press
- Country of origin:
- Canada
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions (mm):
- 236x159x25mm
- Weight:
- 0.5kg
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