Capital and Labour in the British Columbia Forest Industry, 1934-74

Capital and Labour in the British Columbia Forest Industry, 1934-74

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780774813075
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Imprint: UBCPress
Pub date:
DEWEY: 338.174909711
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 258
Weight: 520g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 22mm