The bunkhouse man : a study of work and pay in the camps of Canada, 1903-1914. /

Journalists and poets, economists and political historians, have told the story of Canada's railways, but their accounts pay little attention to the workers who built them. The Bunkhouse Man is the only study devoted to these men and their lives in construction camps; a pioneering work in socio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bradwin, Edmund W. (Edmund William), 1877-1954
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Toronto] ; [Buffalo] : University of Toronto Press, [1972]
Colección:Social history of Canada.
Temas:
Geschichte 1903-1914.
Labor camps > Canada.
Contract labor > Canada.
Wages > Canada.
Railroad construction workers > Canada.
Abris pour travailleurs > Canada.
Main-d'œuvre contractuelle > Canada.
Ouvriers de la construction des chemins de fer > Canada.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Contract labor
Labor camps
Railroad construction workers
Wages
Eisenbahnbau
Eisenbahnarbeiter
Canada
Kanada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • An introduction
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The background of the navvy
  • 2. The contract system on railway construction
  • 3. Work and pay in isolated camps
  • 4. Some ethnic groupings among campmen
  • 5. When the campman becomes a contractor
  • 6. Shacks and shack-men on railway construction
  • 7. The medical system on frontier works
  • 8. Some alternative employments for workers in camps
  • 9. What constitutes real wages for the bunkhouse man?
  • 10. What's wrong with the contract system?
  • 11 Ottawa and the camps
  • 12. The bunkhouse man and public opinion
  • 13. The challenge of the migratory workers
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Backmatter

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