Hired Hands : Labour And The Development Of Prairie Agriculture

Hired Hands : Labour And The Development Of Prairie AgricultureHired Hands : Labour And The Development Of Prairie Agriculture, Cecilia Danysk A social and labour history of prairie agriculture, this study examines the role of hired farm workers in Western Canada from the opening of large scale grain production in the late nineteenth century to the collapse of the wheat economy in 1929. Danysk traces how hired hands moved from being seen as near equals and future landowners to becoming long term wage labourers as

A portion of the text recounts his service as a medical officer during the 1885 North-West Resistance

the book includes family histories of area residents

It also provides detailed information on cereal and forage crops

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Most of the volume consists of community histories contributed by area residents

The author born in Shellbrook

Saskatchewan geography

with each section containing historical overviews of towns/schools followed by family histories contributed by area residents

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800 Manitoba place names