Rough Work : Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882 /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bleasdale, Ruth E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public works.
Labor.
Economic history.
HISTORY / Canada / General
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Travaux publics > Canada > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Travail > Canada > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Public works > Canada > History > 19th century.
Labor > Canada > History > 19th century.
Canada.
Canada > Conditions economiques > 19e siecle.
Canada > Economic conditions > 19th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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