The Great Depression's First History? The Vancouver Archives of Major J.S. Matthews and the Writing of Hobo History

McCallum, Todd

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“…Nonetheless, studies of joblessness have tended to note the demonisation of the unemployed rather than examine the specific practices, ideologies and representations that collectively pathologise those without work. In other words, we know that the unemployed are often demonised, yet we have less sense of how this is achieved (for an exception see McCallum 2006, 2007). For instance, in Unemployment in History , John Garraty (1978:9) explains that:…”

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“The Dirty Scruff”: Relief and the Production of the Unemployed in Depression‐era British Columbia

Ekers

2012

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In this article, I examine this nexus between the social and political meaning of unemployment and the political responses that follow. I focus on Depression-era Vancouver and investigate the broad ideologies, representations and practices that contributed to the derision of the unemployed, which in turn, informed the establishment of rural relief camps that aimed to address the unemployment crisis of the 1930s. The social and political meaning of unemployment shaped the contours of the Federal Unemployment Relief Scheme, which housed men in work camps and aimed to both discipline and rehabilitate the unemployed. However, the relief camps were plagued by several contradictions exploited by the Relief Camp Workers Union, which constructed oppositional understandings of unemployment. In discussing the relationship between unemployment and relief I attend to questions of space, highlighting the urbanisation of unemployment and the ideological distinctions between the city and the country.

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“The Dirty Scruff”: Relief and the Production of the Unemployed in Depression‐era British Columbia

Ekers

2012

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A photographic essay on socio-economic organisation – temporary shelters in Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada)

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Valania

2024

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The Great Depression's First History? The Vancouver Archives of Major J.S. Matthews and the Writing of Hobo History

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“The Dirty Scruff”: Relief and the Production of the Unemployed in Depression‐era British Columbia

“The Dirty Scruff”: Relief and the Production of the Unemployed in Depression‐era British Columbia

A photographic essay on socio-economic organisation – temporary shelters in Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada)

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