{"product_id":"hobohemia-and-the-crucifixion-machine-todd-mccallum-9781926836287","title":"Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine: Rival Images of a New World in 1930s Vancouver","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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. 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. McCallum argues that, threatened by this \"ungovernable society,\" Vancouver's Relief Department employed Fordist management methods that ultimately stripped the transients of their individuality. \u003ci\u003eHobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine\u003c\/i\u003e explores the connections between the history of transiency and that of Fordism, offering a new interpretation of the economic and political crises that wracked Canada in the early years of the Great Depression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd McCallum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1926836286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781926836287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Athabasca University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2015 pg. 17","brand":"Todd McCallum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088960794879,"sku":"9781926836287","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a27b34d-fd7e-43c6-92fe-156488dfb4cc.jpg?v=1769107513","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hobohemia-and-the-crucifixion-machine-todd-mccallum-9781926836287","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}