More of a Man

Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America

Nonfiction, History, Americas, North America, Canada
Cover of the book More of a Man by Andrew Holman, Robert  K. Kristofferson, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
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Author: Andrew Holman, Robert K. Kristofferson ISBN: 9781442662209
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: March 19, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Andrew Holman, Robert K. Kristofferson
ISBN: 9781442662209
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: March 19, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

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 historical context for McIlwraith's life and an epilogue detailing what happened to him after the diaries end. 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.

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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 historical context for McIlwraith's life and an epilogue detailing what happened to him after the diaries end. 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.

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