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1 online resource |
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Fabriks, studies in the working class, 1925-6477 ; 3 |
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Fabriks, studies in the working class ; 3
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| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: From Fordlandia to Hobohemia: Homeless Men and the Relief Industry; 1 A Strike, a Conference, and a Riot: December 1929 to January 1930; 2 "Useless Knowledge" About Jungle Life: The Utopian Practices of Hobohemia, 1930-32; 3 The Crucifixion Machine and the Quest for Efficiency: The Relief Industry, Administration; 4 The Racket in Tickets and the Traffic in Lives: The Relief Industry, Consumption; 5 "Work Without Wages," or, Paving the Way for Economic Development: The Relief Industry, Production |
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Conclusion: Vancouver, "The Mecca of the Surplus"Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In the early years of the Great Depression, thousands of unemployed homeless transients settled into Vancouver's "hobo jungle." The jungle operated as a distinct community, in which goods were exchanged and shared directly, without benefit of currency. The organization of life was immediate and consensual, conducted in the absence of capital accumulation. But as the transients moved from the jungles to the city, they made innumerable demands on Vancouver's Relief Department, consuming financial resources at a rate that threatened the city with bankruptcy. In response, the municipality institut |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Depressions -- 1929 -- British Columbia.
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Public welfare -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century.
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Transients, Relief of -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century.
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Unemployed -- Services for -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History -- 20th century.
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Unemployed -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1926836286 |
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1926836634 |
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9781926836287 |
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9781926836638 |
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(PDF) |
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(pdf) |
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