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More of a Man: Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America
Andrew Holman
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Description for More of a Man: Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 492 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGH; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 35. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
1g
Number of Pages
492
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802097019
SKU
V9780802097019
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About Andrew Holman
Andrew C. Holman is a professor in the Department of History and the Canadian Studies Program at Bridgewater State University. Robert B. Kristofferson is an associate professor of History and Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Reviews for More of a Man: Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America
'More of Man is a goldmine of information on the life of a journeyman crafts worker... Framing the diaries with a thoughtful introduction and effective epilogue is merely the icing on the cake for historians and readers alike in their quest to understand the mid-19th century world that produced an Andrew McIlworth.'
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