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Autore |
Bradwin Edmund W (Edmund William), <1877-1954, > |
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Titolo |
The bunkhouse man : a study of work and pay in the camps of Canada, 1903-1914 / / Edmund Bradwin ; with an introduction by Jean Burnet |
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Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1972 |
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©1972 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-5076-1 |
1-4426-3238-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Social history of Canada |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Labor camps - Canada |
Contract labor - Canada |
Wages - Canada |
Railroad construction workers - Canada |
Electronic books. |
Canada |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Life and labour in the northern work camps"--Cover. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- An introduction -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The background of the navvy -- 2. The contract system on railway construction -- 3. Work and pay in isolated camps -- 4. Some ethnic groupings among campmen -- 5. When the campman becomes a contractor -- 6. Shacks and shack-men on railway construction -- 7. The medical system on frontier works -- 8. Some alternative employments for workers in camps -- 9. What constitutes real wages for the bunkhouse man? -- 10. What's wrong with the contract system? -- 11 Ottawa and the camps -- 12. The bunkhouse man and public opinion -- 13. The challenge of the migratory workers -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Journalists and poets, economists and political historians, have told the story of Canada's railways, but their accounts pay little attention to the workers who built them.€ The Bunkhouse Man €is the only study devoted to these men and their lives in construction camps. |
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