| #7197949 in Books | Ruth A Frager | 1992-11-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.99 x.93 x6.03l,1.15 | File type: PDF | 330 pages | Sweatshop Strife Class Ethnicity and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto 1900 1939||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Four Stars|By Albert|good book|||'Frager's book benefits from a careful mining of Yiddish-language sources, particularly Yiddish newspapers, which provide unparalleled glimpses into the inner-life of the immigrant Jewish community.' (American Jewish History)
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In the first half of the twentieth century, many of Toronto's immigrant Jews eked out a living in the needle-trade sweatshops of Spadina Avenue. In response to their expliotation on the shop floor, immigrant Jewish garment workers built one of the most advanced sections of the Canadian and American labour movements. Much more than a collective bargaining agency, Toronto's Jewish labour movement had a distinctly socialist orientation and grew out of a vibrant Jewish wo...
You easily download any file type for your device.Sweatshop Strife: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Jewish Labour Movement of Toronto, 1900-1939 (Heritage) (No 47) | Ruth Frager.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
