More of a Man - Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid Nineteenth Century North

Informationen zum Autor Andrew C. Holman is a professor in the Department of History and the Canadian Studies Program at Bridgewater State University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Andrew Holman, Andrew Kristofferson Holman, Robert K Kristofferson, Robert K. Kristofferson
• Assisted by: Andrew C. Holman (Editor), Robert B. Kristofferson (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2013
• EAN: 9781442611641
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-1164-1
• No. of pages: 492
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous