More of a man : diaries of a Scottish craftsman in mid-nineteenth-century North America /

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More of a Man presents the only known diaries of a skilled craft-worker in Victorian Canada: Andrew McIlwraith, a Scottish journeyman who migrated to North America during a tumultuous period marked by economic depression and early industrial change. McIlwraith's journals illuminate his quest to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McIlwraith, Andrew, 1830-1891
Otros Autores: Kristofferson, Robert B., 1965-, Holman, Andrew C. (Andrew Carl), 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
McIlwraith, Andrew, > 1830-1891 > Diaries.
1800-1899
Patternmakers > Ontario > Diaries.
Patternmakers > New York (State) > New York > Diaries.
Drafters > Ontario > Diaries.
Bookkeepers > Ontario > Diaries.
Immigrants > Ontario > Diaries.
Modeleurs > Ontario > Journaux intimes.
Modeleurs > New York (État) > New York > Journaux intimes.
Dessinateurs industriels > Ontario > Journaux intimes.
Commis comptables > Ontario > Journaux intimes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Bookkeepers.
Drafters.
Immigrants.
Patternmakers.
Social conditions.
Ontario > Social conditions > 19th century.
New York (State) > New York.
Ontario.
Diaries.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Andrew McIlwraith and His World
  • 'Is the Working Man Better Off in America than in Britain?' Andrew McIlwraith's Letter to the Ayrshire Times, August 29, 1860
  • Diary for 1857
  • Diary for 1858
  • Diary for 1859
  • Diary for 1860
  • Diary for 1861
  • Diary for 1862
  • Epilogue: Endings and Beginnings
  • Appendix 1 : The McIlwraith and Goldie Family Trees
  • Appendix 2 : Andrew McIlwraith's Mechanics' Institute Library Loans, Newton-on-Ayr, Scotland, 1846-1852
  • Appendix 3 : Memoranda, Cash Accounts, and Letters Sent and Received, 1857-1862.

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