SPECIAL DEAL for WBC MEMBERS
The book recounts stories from the beginning of human history to the present day of grassroots efforts to improve life for the majority, especially the most vulnerable. In 300 pages, Compassion provides a history of humanity with all its warts that emphasizes the lives of the people rather than the kings, lords,and magnates.
WBC members get a special price and a signed copy of the book COMPASSION: A GLOBAL HISTORY of SOCIAL POLICY, by local author Alvin Finkel. The price is $40.00 and you can get it directly from him here: finkel@telusplanet.net |
About: Alvin Finkel is the author|co-author, or co-editor of 13 history books including Working People in Alberta: A History, History of the Canadian Peoples, The Chamberlain-Hitler Collusion, and Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History. He is president of the Alberta Labour History Institute, professor emeritus of History at Athabasca University, and half of the writing team of Change Alberta.
