{"product_id":"more-of-a-man-andrew-holman-9781442611641","title":"More of a Man: Diaries of a Scottish Craftsman in Mid-Nineteenth-Century North America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore of a Man\u003c\/em\u003e presents the only known diaries of a skilled craft-worker in Victorian Canada: Andrew McIlwraith, a Scottish journeyman who migrated to North America during a tumultuous period marked by economic depression and early industrial change. McIlwraith's journals illuminate his quest to succeed financially and emotionally amidst challenging circumstances. The diaries trace his transformations, from an immigrant newcomer to a respected townsman, a wage worker to an entrepreneur, and a bachelor to a married man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully edited and fully annotated by historians Andrew C. Holman and Robert B. Kristofferson, \u003cem\u003eMore of a Man\u003c\/em\u003e features an introduction providing historical context for McIlwraith's life and an epilogue detailing what happened to him after the diaries end. Historians of labour, gender, and migration in the North Atlantic world will find \u003cem\u003eMore of a Man\u003c\/em\u003e a valuable primary document of considerable insight and depth. All readers will find it a lively story of life in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Holman,Robert K. Kristofferson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442611642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442611641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Andrew Holman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48622244954367,"sku":"9781442611641","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/more-of-a-man-andrew-holman-9781442611641","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}