{"product_id":"jobs-and-justice-carmela-patrias-9781442642362","title":"Jobs and Justice: Fighting Discrimination in Wartime Canada, 1939-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite acute labour shortages during the Second World War, Canadian employers--with the complicity of state officials--discriminated against workers of African, Asian, and Eastern and Southern European origin, excluding them from both white collar and skilled jobs. \u003cem\u003eJobs and Justice\u003c\/em\u003e argues that, while the war intensified hostility and suspicion toward minority workers, the urgent need for their contributions and the egalitarian rhetoric used to mobilize the war effort also created an opportunity for minority activists and their English Canadian allies to challenge discrimination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuxtaposing a discussion of state policy with ideas of race and citizenship in Canadian civil society, Carmela K. Patrias shows how minority activists were able to bring national attention to racist employment discrimination and obtain official condemnation of such discrimination. Extensively researched and engagingly written, \u003cem\u003eJobs and Justice\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new perspective on the Second World War, the racist dimensions of state policy, and the origins of human rights campaigns in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmela Patrias\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144264236X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442642362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012","brand":"Carmela Patrias","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065597276415,"sku":"9781442642362","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04704a8f-7c57-4c72-9347-d5c400898564.jpg?v=1768676027","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jobs-and-justice-carmela-patrias-9781442642362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}