Rough Work : Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882 /
Rough Work is an accessibly written yet rigorous study of the galvanization of a major segment of Canada's labour force over four decades of social and economic transformation.
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
2018.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Page i; Title page; Dedication; Copyright page; Contents; List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Contracting on Public Works, 1841 to 1882; 2 The Labour Force; 3 The Work; 4 The Living; 5 The Boundaries of Belonging: Navvy Communities of the 1840s and 1850s; 6 Degrees of Separation: Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging through the 1870s; 7 Defining a Community of Interests: The 1840s and 1850s; 8 Labour Unity and Militance on Public Works through the 1870s; Conclusion.
- Appendix: Location of Contracts (Sections) on the Intercolonial Railway and Third Welland CanalNotes; Select Bibliography; Index; Canadian Social History series.