Jobs and Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945
Author:   Carmela Patrias
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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9781442611283


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 January 2012
Format:   Paperback
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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 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.

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Author:   Carmela Patrias
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781442611283


ISBN 10:   1442611286
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   30 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: Invidious Distinctions Employment Discrimination and State Complicity PART TWO Discrimination Is Sabotage: Minority Accommodation, Protest and Resistance Jews Other Racialized Citizens The Disenfranchised PART THREE: Ambivalent Allies: Anglo-Saxon Critics of Discrimination Mainstream Critics and the Burden of Inherited Ideas     Labour and the Left PART FOUR: Anglo-Saxon Guardianship Anglo-Saxon Guardianship Conclusion

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Carmela K. Patrias is an associate professor in the Department of History at Brock University.

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