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Author Rollings-Magnusson, Sandra, author.

Title Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders : The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies / Sandra Rollings-Magnusson.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : The University of Alberta Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
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Summary "Focusing on children's work on family farms in western Canada, an "absolutely fascinating... marvellously fresh account of the lives of prairie pioneers." -- The Calgary Herald 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. Sandra 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."-- Provided by Freading.
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Subject 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.
Prairie Provinces -- Rural conditions.
HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9780888645906 (epub)
9780888645098 (print)
Standard No. 9780888645906
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