Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1.      The Rise of the City ReliefMachines

2.      The Anatomy of City Relief

3.      Building Cities

4.      Unemployed Men at Work

5.      Local Responsibility in Decline

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Eric Strikwerda teaches Canadian history at theUniversity of Alberta and labour studies/industrial relations atAthabasca University.