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3. The Work
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Ruth Bleasdale
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Maps, Illustrations, and Tables ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 3
- 1. Contracting on Public Works, 1841 to 1882 26
- 2. The Labour Force 56
- 3. The Work 86
- 4. The Living 121
- 5. The Boundaries of Belonging: Navvy Communities of the 1840s and 1850s 155
- 6. Degrees of Separation: Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging through the 1870s 186
- 7. Defining a Community of Interests: The 1840s and 1850s 216
- 8. Labour Unity and Militance on Public Works through the 1870s 248
- Conclusion 283
- Appendix: Location of Contracts (Sections) on the Intercolonial Railway and Third Welland Canal 293
- Notes 297
- Select Bibliography 357
- Index 393
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Maps, Illustrations, and Tables ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 3
- 1. Contracting on Public Works, 1841 to 1882 26
- 2. The Labour Force 56
- 3. The Work 86
- 4. The Living 121
- 5. The Boundaries of Belonging: Navvy Communities of the 1840s and 1850s 155
- 6. Degrees of Separation: Redefining the Boundaries of Belonging through the 1870s 186
- 7. Defining a Community of Interests: The 1840s and 1850s 216
- 8. Labour Unity and Militance on Public Works through the 1870s 248
- Conclusion 283
- Appendix: Location of Contracts (Sections) on the Intercolonial Railway and Third Welland Canal 293
- Notes 297
- Select Bibliography 357
- Index 393
