Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Labour"
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Labour, Enslavement, and Indigenous Space: Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the Atlantic World, 1759-1812
(2022-08-30)This thesis reconceptualizes the Planter and Loyalist periods around Liverpool, Nova Scotia, from 1759 to 1812. Rather than privileging the American Revolutionary War, it emphasises Indigenous space and Black people to ... -
The longshoremen of Halifax 1900-1930; their lives and working conditions
(1977)The longshoremen of Halifax have traditionally been one of the largest groups of labourers in the city. - During the period 1900 to 1930 they began to capitalize on their numerical strength and on the potential their job ... -
Louisbourg’s Labourer-Soldiers, 1720-1743: Labour and Empire Building in an Era of Peace
(2014-08-25)This thesis explores contributions of Louisbourg’s soldiers as non-combatants between 1720 and 1743 to the building of a French Atlantic Empire. Louisbourg’s garrison was the main construction force used to build the ... -
“Mr. Big Wood or Sawdust?”: Joseph R. Smallwood & The 1959 IWA Strike in Central Newfoundland
(2019-08-27)Joseph R. Smallwood was, for lack of a better term, a Newfoundlander for Newfoundland. Or so, that is how he portrayed himself. Under the first ten years of Confederation, Smallwood pushed a program of rapid industrialization. ...