LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Master Craftsman, Breaking Free, Paternalism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Large number of people coming over to farm. Wrapped up in the idea that the new world is an opportunity for a new chance. Sense of having more freedom breaking free from an established way of doing things. Frontier = more equal society (everyone had a chance to make their way on the frontier) Independent made enough off what you growing. Nobody could tell you how to grow your farm or how to mass (creating independence) You had control over how you worked, when you worked, how you produced. Respectability made it to the part where you were in control/independent. Could be one of the pillars of the community had a say. Voting privileges only went to those who owned a property (and had to be. People you could trust with making a decision. Some people had to do a lot more work than others. Every member of the family would contribute to this.