Spreading the light
Subtitle: work and labour reform in late nineteenth-century Toronto
By: Christina Burr.
Series: Studies in gender and history
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Labor movement -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century.; Working class -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Social conditions.; Working class -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century.; Sexual division of labor -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "This book explores new evidence on the gendered nature of working-class experience and on gender relations within the Toronto working class. Christina Burr presents case studies of the printing and garment industries to demonstrate how class, race, and especially gender were integral to the politics of work and labour reform in nineteenth-century Toronto.".

"In addition to being a valuable scholarly contribution, Spreading the Light is a focused study that will prove to be a popular book in Canadian social history, women's history, and labour history courses."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-246) and index.