LABRST 1A03 Lecture 3: Unit 1 Gender at Work at Home
10 Feb 2019
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Lecture 1: pre-industrial work: work came from the staple development. From environmental point of view, canada was covered with these trees from coast to coast: by 2004, not much of it was left, most of algonquin park has been lodged. Fishing was done in summer: timber was done in winter; because of the heat in the summer was harsh, spring run- off, frozen grounds; the mud slews up in summer so more convenient to do in winter] Log running, run the logs along the lakes, water is frozen so easy to run the logs: canada doesn"t have big money staples, canada stays underdeveloped in pre-industrial staples. Sugar: tea, rice, tobacco, coffee, **agriculture; labor-intensive, more money required. *these are the plantation staples that canada doesn"t have. Start-up costs were not provided: people often had to send their children to cities to sell the crops, or get the money, producer ideology.
