Guarding the gates : the Canadian labour movement and immigration, 1872-1934

From The 1870s Until The Great Depression, Immigration Was Often The Question Of The Hour In Canada. Politicians, The Media, And An Array Of Interest Groups Viewed It As Essential To Nation Building, Developing The Economy, And Shaping Canada's Social And Cultural Character. One Of The Groups Most Determined To Influence Public Debate And Government Policy On The Issue Was Organized Labour, And Unionists Were Often Relentless Critics Of Immigrant Recruitment. Guarding The Gates Is The First Detailed Study Of Canadian Labour Leaders' Approach To Immigration, A Key Battleground In Struggles Between Different Political Factions Within The Labour Movement.--jacket. 1. Guarding The Gates -- 2. Setting The Stage : Labour, Industry, And Immigration In Canada, 1872-1934 -- 3. The Bounds Of Unity : Opposition To Chinese Immigration, 1880-87 -- 4. The Old Time Question : The Campaign For Exclusion, 1888-1934 -- 5. Superfluous People : Labour's Construction Of Immigrants From Europe And The British Isles -- 6. Importing Victims : The Assault On The Commerce Of Immigration -- 7. Immigration, Joseph Arch, And The Producer Ideology, 1872-79 -- 8. Imported Labour, The Tariff, And Land Reform, 1880-1902 -- 9. Retreat, Corporatism, And Responsible Management, 1903-34. David Goutor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [252]-263) And Index. From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canadas social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement. This book provides new insights into labour, immigration, social, and political history. "From the 1870s until the Great Depression, immigration was often the question of the hour in Canada. Politicians, the media, and an array of interest groups viewed it as essential to nation building, developing the economy, and shaping Canada's social and cultural character. One of the groups most determined to influence public debate and government policy on the issue was organized labour, and unionists were often relentless critics of immigrant recruitment. Guarding the Gates is the first detailed study of Canadian labour leaders' approach to immigration, a key battleground in struggles between different political factions within the labour movement."--Résumé de l'éditeur