{"product_id":"rough-work-9781487521998","title":"Rough Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRuth 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 whi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 * \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTables    Maps and Illustrations    Introduction    Chapter One: Contracting on Public Works, 1841-1882    Chapter Two: The Labour Force    Chapter Three: The Work    Chapter Four: The Living    Chapter Five: Boundaries of Belonging, 1840s and 1850s    Chapter Six: Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging through the 1870s    Chapter Seven: Defining a Community of Interests, 1840s and 1850s    Chapter Eight: Labour Unity and Militance on Public Works through the 1870s    Conclusion    Appendix A: Location of Contracts on the Intercolonial Railway and Third Welland Canal    Appendix B: Work and Wages (Tables 1-5)    Appendix C: Strikes on Public Works (Tables 5-7 )    Select Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409149796695,"sku":"9781487521998","price":29.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487521998.jpg?v=1730505639","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rough-work-9781487521998","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}