When the state trembled : how A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee broke the Winnipeg General Strike

Kramer, Reinhold, 1959-

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"The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, which involved approximately 30,000 workers, is Canada's best-known strike. When the State Trembled recovers the hitherto untold story of the Citizens' Committee of 1000, formed by Winnipeg's business elite in order to crush the revolt and sustain the status quo.

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Andrews, A. J. (Alfred Joseph), 1865-1950

Citizens' Committee of One Thousand (Winnipeg, Man.) History

General Strike, Winnipeg, Man., 1919

Grève générale, Winnipeg, Man., 1919

Part of a Series:

Canadian social history series

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ISBN:

9781442611160

Description:

x, 443 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

1. Permitted by Authority of the Strike Committee
2. Who? Who? Who-oo?
3. Seven Hundred and Four Years Ago at Runnymede
4. The Anointing of A.J. Andrews
5. The Flag-Flapping Stage
6. To Reach the Leaders in this Revolutionary Movement
7. Time to Act
8. Enough Evidence to Convict the Whole Strike Committee
9. The Road through Bloody Saturday
10. The Only Way to Deal with Bolshevism
11. They are all dangerous: Immigration Hearings
12. They Started the Fire: Preliminary Hearing
13. Poor Harry Daskaluk
14. Duty to God, Country, and Family: The Russell Trial

LCCN:

2010513994

Control Number:

2630961

Other Authors:

Mitchell, Tom, 1949-

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