"Siedler." . . "Siedler" . "Kinderarbeit." . . "Kinderarbeit" . "Provinces des Prairies" . . "Enfants pionniers Travail Provinces des Prairies." . . "Frontier and pioneer life / Prairie Provinces." . . "Kanada." . . "Kanada" . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations" . . "Prairie Provinces" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"The phrase \"child labour\" carries negative undertones in today's society. However, only a century ago on the Canadian Prairies, youngsters laboured alongside their parents - working the land, cleaning stovepipes, and chopping wood. By shouldering their share of the chores, these children learned the domestic and manual labour skills needed for life on a Prairie family farm. Rollings-Magnusson uses historic research, photographs, and personal anecdotes to describe the kinds of work performed by children and how each task fit into the family economy. This book is a vital contribution to Western Canadian History as well as family and gender studies.\"--Pub. desc." . "\"The phrase \"child labour\" carries negative undertones in today's society. However, only a century ago on the Canadian Prairies, youngsters laboured alongside their parents - working the land, cleaning stovepipes, and chopping wood. By shouldering their share of the chores, these children learned the domestic and manual labour skills needed for life on a Prairie family farm. Rollings-Magnusson uses historic research, photographs, and personal anecdotes to describe the kinds of work performed by children and how each task fit into the family economy. This book is a vital contribution to Western Canadian History as well as family and gender studies.\"--pub. desc." . "\"The phrase \"child labour\" carries negative undertones in today's society. However, only a century ago on the Canadian Prairies, youngsters laboured alongside their parents - working the land, cleaning stovepipes, and chopping wood. By shouldering their share of the chores, these children learned the domestic and manual labour skills needed for life on a Prairie family farm. Rollings-Magnusson uses historic research, photographs, and personal anecdotes to describe the kinds of work performed by children and how each task fit into the family economy. This book is a vital contribution to Western Canadian History as well as family and gender studies.\"--pub. desc."@en . . . . . . "Heavy burdens on small shoulders the labour of pioneer children on the Canadian Prairies" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Heavy burdens on small shoulders : the labour of pioneer children on the Canadian Prairies"@en . "Heavy burdens on small shoulders : the labour of pioneer children on the Canadian Prairies" . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . . . "History"@en . "History" . . "Prairie Provinces / History." . . "Frontier." . . "Frontier" . "Vie à la ferme Provinces des Prairies." . . "Vie des pionniers Provinces des Prairies." . . "Enfants pionniers Provinces des Prairies Conditions sociales." . . "Famille rurale Provinces des Prairies Conditions sociales." . . . . "Child labor / Prairie Provinces / History / 20th century." . . "Enfants Travail Provinces des Prairies Histoire." . . "Pioneer children / Prairie Provinces / Social conditions." . . "BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor" . . "Geschichte 1880-1920" . . "Geschichte 1880-1920." .