When the State Trembled: How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike

When the State Trembled: How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike
ISBN-10
144264219X
ISBN-13
9781442642195
Category
History
Pages
443
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Authors
Tom Mitchell, Reinhold Kramer

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When the State Trembled recovers the hitherto untold story of the Citizens' Committee of 1000, formed by Winnipeg's business elite in order to crush the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.

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