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Common Labour: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals 1780-1860
Common Labour Workers and the Digging of North American Canals 17801860
Author: Peter Way
This study of canal construction workers between 1780-1860 challenges labor history's focus on skilled craftsmen. Canalers were unskilled workers, often members of despised social groups such as Irish immigrants and African-American slaves. They worked twelve or more hours a day in all weather, exposed to diseases and job-related risks, going h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521102650
ISBN-10: 0521102650
Publication Date: 3/12/2009
Pages: 328
Edition: Reissue
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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