| Description |
1 online resource ([xviii], 305 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The making of modern childhood -- Miners, mine operators, and child labour -- Coal mining technology and child labour -- The state and pit boys -- The mining family -- Boys in the mining community -- Boys in the pits |
| Summary |
"A controversial and chilling examination of child labour in Canadian coal mines, Boys in the Pit shows that beginning early in the nineteenth century, thousands of boys, some as young as eight, laboured underground - driving pit ponies, manipulating ventilation doors, and helping miners cut and load the coal that fuelled the industrial revolution. Boys died in the mines in explosions and accidents but they also organized strikes for better working conditions. Robert McIntosh recasts these wage-earning children as more than victims, illustrating that they responded intelligently and resourcefully to their circumstances."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Child labor -- Canada -- History
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Coal miners -- Canada -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
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Child labor
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Coal miners
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Kinderarbeid.
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Kolenmijnen.
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773568679 |
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0773568670 |
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128285884X |
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9781282858848 |
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9786612858840 |
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6612858842 |
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