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

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Ruth Bleasdale

Rough Work

Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882

Ruth Bleasdale

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University of Toronto Press
21 February 2018

History of the Americas; Sociology: work & labour; Political science & theory

Series: Canadian Social History Series

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 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' 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. Rough Work is an accessibly written yet rigorous study of the galvanization of a major segment of Canada's labour force over four decades of social and economic transformation.

By: Ruth Bleasdale
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 550g
ISBN: 9781487521998
ISBN 10: 1487521995
Series: Canadian Social History Series
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 21 February 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruth Bleasdale is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Dalhousie University.

Reviews for Rough Work: Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841-1882

Rough Work is an exhaustive social history of public works projects, the men who labored on them, and the men who tried to keep these laborer's in line. Bleasdale has made a vital contribution by diligently documenting this time and place. -- Dan Horner, Ryerson University * <em>University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018</em> *