The Workers' Festival: A History of Labour Day in Canada

by Craig Heron and Steve Penfold

For most Canadians today, Labour Day is the last gasp of summer fun: the final long weekend before returning to the everyday routine of work or school. But over its century-long history, there was much more to the September holiday than just having a day off.

In The Workers' Festival, Craig Heron and Steve Penfold examine the complicated history of Labour Day from its origins as a spectacle of skilled workers in the 1880s through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802048862
• ISBN13: 9780802048868
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher