Andrew Holman, Robert K Kristofferson

More of a Man

Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781442611641
• ISBN-10: 1442611642
• Artikelnr.: 34459994

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on the Source
Dramatis Personae
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Andrew McIlwrait and His World
"Is the Working Man Better Off in America than in Britain?" Andrew
McIlwraith's Letter to The Ayrshire Times, 29 August 1860.
Diary for 1857
Diary for 1858
Diary for 1859
Diary for 1860
Diary for 1861
Diary for 1862
Epilogue. Endings and Beginnings
Appendix 1. McIlwraith and Goldie Family Trees
Appendix 2. Andrew McIlwraith's Mechanics' Institute Library Loans, Newton
on Ayr, Scotland, 1846-52
Appendix 3. Memoranda, Cash Accounts and Letters Sent and Received, 1857-62
Index