Description
Book SynopsisHistorians of labour, gender, and migration in the North Atlantic world will find More of a Man a valuable primary document of considerable insight and depth. All readers will find it a lively story of life in the nineteenth century.
Trade Review'More of Man is a goldmine of information on the life of a journeyman crafts worker... Framing the diaries with a thoughtful introduction and effective epilogue is merely the icing on the cake for historians and readers alike in their quest to understand the mid-19th century world that produced an Andrew McIlworth.' -- Darren Ferry Labour/Le Travail, vol 73 2014
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on the Source Dramatis Personae Abbreviations List of Illustrations Introduction: Andrew McIlwrait and His World "Is the Working Man Better Off in America than in Britain?" Andrew McIlwraith's Letter to The Ayrshire Times, 29 August 1860. Diary for 1857 Diary for 1858 Diary for 1859 Diary for 1860 Diary for 1861 Diary for 1862 Epilogue. Endings and Beginnings Appendix 1. McIlwraith and Goldie Family Trees Appendix 2. Andrew McIlwraith's Mechanics' Institute Library Loans, Newton on Ayr, Scotland, 1846-52 Appendix 3. Memoranda, Cash Accounts and Letters Sent and Received, 1857-62 Index
