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

Rough Work : : Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841–1882 / / Ruth Bleasdale.

The labourers at the heart of this study built the canals and railways undertaken as public works by the colonial governments of British North America and the federal government of Canada between 1841 and 1882. Ruth Bleasdale’s fascinating journey into the little-known lives of these labourers and t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Bleasdale, Ruth,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Canadian Social History Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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 Canal
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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