HIST 2500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Pauperism, Temperance Movement
24 Mar 2015
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No fault of their own: unemployment and the canadian welfare state, 1914: toronto: university of toronto press, 1983. Connecting themes: canadian" work ethic and previous agricultural order. Argues that unemployment grew into a large issue with the transformation from a self-employed agricultural economy to wage earning employment: parallel theme: growing shift from the rural to urban spaces. First unemployment statistic from the 1920s shows jobs doubling/tripling between. Canada relied heavily on staple exports in which much of pre-wwii economy was outdoor works. An over-supply in workers was sued to keep wages low and allow for availability during the peak periods of harvesting. Many of the men would drift into the cities during winter seasons. Most of the labour was designated as unskilled. " in the 1930s, 40% of the labour force was classified as unskilled labour, making them the largest occupational class.
