essay
Canadian industrialization versus the Italian contadini in a decade of brutality, 1902-1912
Little Italies in North America • Toronto • Published In 1981 • Pages: 183-207
By: Pucci, Antonio.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study describes the harsh industrial working conditions that the Italian immigrants faced in the Canadian cities of Fort William and Port Arthur (Thunder Bay) in the early years of the twentieth century. These conditions led to increased militancy among the Italian laborers and resulted in a series of strikes accompanied in most cases by violence. The author believes that this militancy '…played a key role in the shaping of industrial relations during the decade from 1902 to 1912' (p. 183).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Labor supply and employment
- Wages and salaries
- Labor relations
- Labor organization
- Collective bargaining
- Ethnic stratification
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Italian Canadians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1902-1912
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- For William and Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada
- NotesAdditional notes
- Antonio Pucci
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-207)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82175514
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italians--Canada