More of a Man: Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America - Couverture rigide

Holman, Andrew; Kristofferson, Robert K.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802097014 ISBN 13 : 9780802097019

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2013

Synopsis

More of a Man presents the only known diaries of a skilled craft-worker in Victorian Canada: Andrew McIlwraith, a Scottish journeyman who migrated to North America during a tumultuous period marked by economic depression and early industrial change. McIlwraith's journals illuminate his quest to succeed financially and emotionally amidst challenging circumstances. The diaries trace his transformations, from an immigrant newcomer to a respected townsman, a wage worker to an entrepreneur, and a bachelor to a married man.

Carefully edited and fully annotated by historians Andrew C. Holman and Robert B. Kristofferson, More of a Man features an introduction providing historical context for McIlwraith's life and an epilogue detailing what happened to him after the diaries end. Historians 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew C. Holman is a professor in the Department of History and the Canadian Studies Program at Bridgewater State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802097014
• ISBN 13: 9780802097019
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 492
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