The New Democracy; Challenging the Social Order in Industrial Ontario; 1914-25 de Naylor, James

Toronto: University of Toronto Press [0-8020-6886-3] 1991. (Trade paperback) 336pp. Very good plus. Appendix, notes, index. "Wartime conflicts forged a regional working class capable of acting collectively on a number of fronts. Union membership soared, new organizational forms were proposed and debated, and independent working-class political action was undertaken on a much larger and more successful scale than ever before.... Southern Ontario workers had a long tradition of craft unionism, and the nature of industrial cities and working-class communities was quite different from that in the West". Time Period 1914-1925. Locale: Ontario--Canada; Southern Ontario. (History--Canada, Democracy--Canada, Labour Unions, Social Behavior, Unions, Working Class--Canada).