03145nam 2200709 450 991079725200332120230327051255.01-4426-5076-11-4426-3238-010.3138/9781442632387(CKB)3710000000421429(EBL)3432047(OCoLC)929153518(MiAaPQ)EBC4669423(CEL)450030(OCoLC)918589031(CaBNVSL)thg00930952(DE-B1597)465824(OCoLC)979968862(DE-B1597)9781442632387(Au-PeEL)EBL4669423(CaPaEBR)ebr11255956(OCoLC)958511812(MdBmJHUP)musev2_107228(EXLCZ)99371000000042142920160919h19721972 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe bunkhouse man a study of work and pay in the camps of Canada, 1903-1914 /Edmund Bradwin ; with an introduction by Jean BurnetToronto, [Ontario] :University of Toronto Press,1972.©19721 online resource (267 p.)The Social history of Canada"Life and labour in the northern work camps"--Cover.0-8020-6135-4 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 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.Social history of Canada.Labor campsCanadaContract laborCanadaWagesCanadaRailroad construction workersCanadaCanadafastElectronic books. Labor campsContract laborWagesRailroad construction workers331.5/42/0971Bradwin Edmund W(Edmund William),1877-1954,1578177Burnet JeanColumbia University.Faculty of Political Science.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797252003321The bunkhouse man3857363UNINA