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    Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies
    Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies
    Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies
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    Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies

    By Sandra Rollings-Magnusson

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    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. 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe University of Alberta Press
    Release dateJun 11, 2012
    ISBN9780888647931
    Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies
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    Sandra Rollings-Magnusson

    Sandra Rollings-Magnusson is an Associate Professor of Sociology at MacEwan University. She has studied western Canadian homesteaders for over thirty years. Since receiving a Master’s Degree from the University of Regina and a PhD from the University of Alberta, she has written numerous academic journal articles on homesteading life and lectured on a number of homesteading topics. She has also written two books, Heavy Burdens on Small Shoulders: The Labour of Pioneer Children on the Canadian Prairies (University of Alberta Press) and The Homesteaders (University of Regina Press).

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