The bunkhouse man : a study of work and pay in the camps of Canada, 1903-1914 / / Edmund Bradwin ; with an introduction by Jean Burnet

• Autore: Bradwin Edmund W (Edmund William), <1877-1954, >
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1972; ©1972
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.5/42/0971
• Soggetto topico: Labor camps - Canada; Contract labor - Canada; Wages - Canada; Railroad construction workers - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BurnetJean
• Note generali: "Life and labour in the northern work camps"--Cover.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The bunkhouse man
• ISBN: 1-4426-5076-1; 1-4426-3238-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828588203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social history of Canada.