{"product_id":"rough-work-labourers-on-the-public-works-of-british-north-america-and-canada-1841-1882-paperback-softback-9781487521998","title":"Rough Work; Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487521998","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRough Work\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLabourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRuth Bleasdale (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487521998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14.1 x 2 cm, 0.55 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRough Work\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhaustive social history of public works projects, the men who labored on them, and the men who tried to keep these laborer\u0026amp;#x2019;s in line. Bleasdale has made a vital contribution by diligently documenting this time and place.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Dan Horner, Ryerson University (\u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRuth Bleasdale\u0026amp;#x2019;s fascinating journey into the little-known lives of these labourers and their families reveals how capital, labour and the state came together to build the transportation infrastructure that linked colonies and united an emerging nation. Combining census and community records, government documents, and newspaper archives Bleasdale elucidates the ways in which successive governments and branches of the state intervened between labour and capital and in labourers\u0026amp;#x2019; lives. Case studies capture the remarkable diversity across regions and time in a labour force drawn from local and international labour markets. The stories here illuminate the ways in which men and women experienced the emergence of industrial capitalism and the complex ties which bound them to local and transnational communities. \u003ci\u003eRough Work\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessibly written yet rigorous study of the galvanization of a major segment of Canada\u0026amp;#x2019;s labour force over four decades of social and economic transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTables\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps and Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: Contracting on Public Works, 1841-1882\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: The Labour Force\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Living\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Boundaries of Belonging, 1840s and 1850s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging through the 1870s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Defining a Community of Interests, 1840s and 1850s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: Labour Unity and Militance on Public Works through the 1870s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Location of Contracts on the Intercolonial Railway and Third Welland Canal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Work and Wages (Tables 1-5)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Strikes on Public Works (Tables 5-7 )\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595498647832,"sku":"9781487521998","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rough-work-labourers-on-the-public-works-of-british-north-america-and-canada-1841-1882-paperback-softback-9781487521998","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}