Military Paternalism, Labour, and the Rideau Canal Project - Passfield, Robert W.
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In studies of the Rideau Canal construction project, Labour historians have focused on the suffering of the canal workers, and have posited that the military deployed troops to suppress labour unrest and were indifferent to the suffering of the workers. This book provides a different perspective through placing the canal project within its natural and physiccal environments, and through taking into account cultural factors in examining the labour as it evolved during the construction of the canal. Within that broader framework, a totally different view emerges with respect to the causes of the…mehr

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In studies of the Rideau Canal construction project, Labour historians have focused on the suffering of the canal workers, and have posited that the military deployed troops to suppress labour unrest and were indifferent to the suffering of the workers. This book provides a different perspective through placing the canal project within its natural and physiccal environments, and through taking into account cultural factors in examining the labour as it evolved during the construction of the canal. Within that broader framework, a totally different view emerges with respect to the causes of the suffering experienced by the canal workers, and the role of the military on the canal project. Moreover, the paternalism of Lt. Col. John By is revealed in his efforts to promote the physical, material, and moral well-being of the canal workers. Lastly, the phenomenon of military paternalism is examined further within a Marxist context, and in terms of Anglican toryism and and Lockean liberalism.
Autorenporträt
Robert W. Passfield is a retired public historian who has published in the fields of industrial archaeology, public works history, heritage conservation, and intellectual history. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario (Honours History, 1968) and from McMaster University (MA, 1969), where he also pursued PhD studies in Canadian History and three minor fields: political philosophy, modern European history and diplomatic history. In graduate school he undertook to prepare a dissertation on 'The Upper Canadian Tory Mind', which was to focus on the Anglican Tories of the Province of Upper Canada (Ontario) in the post-War of 1812 period. After a forty-year hiatus, that abortive thesis was incorporated into a book, The Upper Canadian Anglican Tory Mind: A Cultural Fragment (2018), to which a companion, Anglican Toryism in Upper Canada: The Critical Years, 1812-1840, was published in 2020.