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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: McIlwraith, Andrew, 1830-1891
Autres auteurs: Holman, Andrew C. (Andrew Carl), 1965-, Kristofferson, Robert B., 1965-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
McIlwraith, Andrew, > 1830-1891 > Diaries.
Social conditions.
Patternmakers.
Immigrants.
Drafters.
Bookkeepers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Commis comptables > Ontario > Journaux intimes.
Dessinateurs industriels > Ontario > Journaux intimes.
Modeleurs > New York (État) > New York > Journaux intimes.
Modeleurs > Ontario > Journaux intimes.
Immigrants > Ontario > Diaries.
Bookkeepers > Ontario > Diaries.
Drafters > Ontario > Diaries.
Patternmakers > New York (State) > New York > Diaries.
Patternmakers > Ontario > Diaries.
Ontario.
New York (State) > New York.
Ontario > Social conditions > 19th century.
Diaries.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 succeed financially and emotionally amidst challenging circumstances. The diaries trace his transformations, from an immigrant newcomer to a respected townsman, a wage worker to an entrepreneur, and a bachelor to a married man. Carefully edited and fully annotated by historians Andrew C. Holman and Robert B. Kristofferson, More of a Man features an introduction providing historical context for McIlwraith's life and an epilogue detailing what happened to him after the diaries end. Historians of labour, gender, and migration in the North Atlantic world will find More of a Man a valuable primary document of considerable insight and depth. All readers will find it a lively story of life in the nineteenth century. --
Description matérielle:1 online resource (492 pages): illustrations, portraits, digital file
ISBN:9781442662193

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