• About
    • Curriculum Vitae
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      • From Victoria to Vladivostok
        • Times Literary Supplement review
        • Maclean’s review
      • Militant Minority
        • Times Colonist review
    • Journal Articles
      • Confronting the Cold War
      • Canadian Labor Party in BC 1924-28
      • Fellow Traveller
      • One Big Union and Victoria General Strike of 1919
      • Social Democracy in Twentieth Century Canada
      • The Hospital Employees’ Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare
      • Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918
    • Reports
      • Higher Learning and the Labour Market in a Changing World
      • Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in BC’s Capital Region
      • Langford’s Bear Mountain Interchange
    • Op-Ed Articles
      • Unlearned lessons from First World War
      • Ghost of Elections Past Still Haunt BC
      • A Tale of Three Housing Projects: The View from Victoria
      • Make housing the priority for federal ‘shovel-ready’ dollars
      • Conflict of Interest at Bear Mountain?
    • Theses and Dissertations
      • Tug-of-War: PhD dissertation
      • Search for Solidarity: MA thesis
      • Battling Bolshevism: Honours Thesis
    • Web Projects
      • Siberian Expedition Virtual Exhibition & Digital Archive
      • Canadian Social History Archive
    • Film
  • Teaching
  • Service
  • Travel
  • Commentary
Benjamin Isitt, PhD
Historian – Author – Community Advocate

Theses and Dissertations

“Tug-of-War: The Working Class and Political Change in British Columbia, 1948-1972,” PhD dissertation: University of New Brunswick, 2008.

“The Search for Solidarity: The Industrial and Political Roots of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in British Columbia, 1913-1928,” MA thesis: University of Victoria, 2003.

“Battling Bolshevism from Victoria to Vladivostok: The Siberian Expeditionary Force and Class Warfare in Canada, 1917-1919,” BA Honours Thesis: University of Victoria, 2001.










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  • About
    • Curriculum Vitae
  • Research
    • Books
      • From Victoria to Vladivostok
        • Times Literary Supplement review
        • Maclean’s review
      • Militant Minority
        • Times Colonist review
    • Journal Articles
      • Confronting the Cold War
      • Canadian Labor Party in BC 1924-28
      • Fellow Traveller
      • One Big Union and Victoria General Strike of 1919
      • Social Democracy in Twentieth Century Canada
      • The Hospital Employees’ Union Strike and the Privatization of Medicare
      • Mutiny from Victoria to Vladivostok, December 1918
    • Reports
      • Higher Learning and the Labour Market in a Changing World
      • Housing for All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in BC’s Capital Region
      • Langford’s Bear Mountain Interchange
    • Op-Ed Articles
      • Unlearned lessons from First World War
      • Ghost of Elections Past Still Haunt BC
      • A Tale of Three Housing Projects: The View from Victoria
      • Make housing the priority for federal ‘shovel-ready’ dollars
      • Conflict of Interest at Bear Mountain?
    • Theses and Dissertations
      • Tug-of-War: PhD dissertation
      • Search for Solidarity: MA thesis
      • Battling Bolshevism: Honours Thesis
    • Web Projects
      • Siberian Expedition Virtual Exhibition & Digital Archive
      • Canadian Social History Archive
    • Film
  • Teaching
  • Service
  • Travel
  • Commentary
Contact Ben@Isitt.ca