These essays introduce readers to the changing and complex character of class struggle in Canada. Individual essays focus on specific features of Canadian class regional differences, the role of gender, the character of trade union leadership to the specific nature of conflict in particular industries; and the general features of national periods of upheaval such as the year 1919 and the World War II period.
Did I read this on my own time and not for a class? Yes. It is a collection of historical essays which all discuss very interesting concepts and served as a great educational book on Canadian labour movements.