Heavy burdens on small shoulders. [electronic resource] : the labour of pioneer children on the Canadian Prairies.
| Autor: | Rollings-Magnusson, Sandra, 1960- |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Informace o vydání: | Edmonton [Alta.] : University of Alberta Press, 2008 (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013). |
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Pioneer children -- Employment -- Prairie Provinces
Pioneer children -- Prairie Provinces -- Social conditions Rural families -- Prairie Provinces -- Social conditions Child labor -- Prairie Provinces -- History Farm life -- Prairie Provinces Frontier and pioneer life -- Prairie Provinces Electronic books |
| Druh dokumentu: | Bibliographies; Online; Non-fiction; Electronic document |
| Abstrakt: | Summary: "The phrase "child labour" carries negative undertones in today's society. However, only a century ago on the Canadian Prairies, youngsters laboured alongside their parents - working the land, cleaning stovepipes, and chopping wood. By shouldering their share of the chores, these children learned the domestic and manual labour skills needed for life on a Prairie family farm. Rollings-Magnusson uses historic research, photographs, and personal anecdotes to describe the kinds of work performed by children and how each task fit into the family economy. This book is a vital contribution to Western Canadian History as well as family and gender studies."--pub. desc. |
| Databáze: | Vybrané kolekce e-knih |
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