Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine: Rival Images of a New World in 1930s Vancouver

• Yazar: Todd McCallum (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Athabasca University Press 2014
• Seri Bilgileri: Fabriks: Studies in the Working Class series
• Konular: hobos; Vancouver; On-to-Ottawa; homeless; Fordism; labour camps
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 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. The organization of life was imm...