HISB41H3 Lecture : Working Women, Working Men
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Hired general workers (family members) => tools, boots, barrels, horse-shoes (hand- (1) Only a small proportion office clerks, doctors, lawyers . Many merchants, wholesalers, retailers. (2) the industrial and commercial revolution: Control over the production: from worker to management. More railroads, more ships, banks, insure companies, architectures. More jobs in the white collar sector. 1944 (eaton"s catalog) rural bible (3) impact of urban-industrialism on the working. Pre-industrialization (no working class) (family owned business) Rise of factories produced a semi-skilled workers. Wages: average wages were better than pre-industrialization + better working hours. Several provinces made working laws to protect workers. Wages increased, cost accommodations increased (housing, rents increased by 20- Poverty= daily life (50% of canadians lived below poverty line) Ward district 80% in toronto lived in renting accommodations. High rates of disease and mortality (infant) => bad nutrition, no health care. 1 in every 4 died before their first birthday. Children making candy, cigars, selling newspapers, begging.
