Index

Chapters in this book

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