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Author Kristofferson, Robert B., 1965-

Title Craft capitalism : craftworkers and early industrialization in Hamilton, Ontario, 1840-1872 / Robert B. Kristofferson
Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 326 pages)
Series The Canadian social history series
Canadian social history series.
Contents ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Artisans, Craftsworkers, and Social Relations of Craft-Based Industrialization""; ""1 The Structure of Hamilton�s Early Industrialization: Continuity and Change""; ""2 Personal Structures: Craftsworkers and Industrial Proprietors by 1871""; ""3 Craft Mobility and Artisan-Led Industrialization: Continuity in Symbol and Practice""; ""4 A Culture in Continuity: Master�Man Mutualism in Hamilton, Ontario, during Early Industrialization""
""5 The �Self-Made Craftsworker�: Transmodalism, Self-Identification, and the Foundations of Emergent Culture""""6 The �Self-Improving Craftsworker�: Dimensions of Transmodal Culture in Ideology and Practice""; ""7 Transmodal Culture in Apogee: 1872 Revisited""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
Summary Craft Capitalism focuses on Hamilton, Ontario, and demonstrates how the preservation of traditional work arrangements, craft mobility networks, and other aspects of craft culture ensured that craftsworkers in that city enjoyed an essentially positive introduction to industrial capitalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Industrial revolution -- Ontario -- Hamilton -- History -- 19th century
Artisans -- Ontario -- Hamilton -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Statistics
Artisans -- Ontario -- Hamilton -- Social conditions -- 19th century
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Artisans -- Social conditions
Industrial revolution
Social conditions
SUBJECT Hamilton (Ont.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Subject Ontario -- Hamilton
Genre/Form History
Statistics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442684225
1442684224