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This study of canal construction workers between 1780 and 1860 challenges labour history's focus on skilled craftsmen. As canallers were unskilled workers and had little control over their working conditions, their experiences represent a neglected strand of the labour story.Way, Peter is the author of 'Common Labour Workers and the Digging of North American Canals 1780-1860' with ISBN 9780521440332 and ISBN 0521440335.
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