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Craft Capitalism: Craftsworkers and Early Industrialization in Hamilton, Ontario (Canadian Social History Series)

Many studies have concluded that the effects of early industrialization on traditional craftsworkers were largely negative. Robert B. Kristofferson demonstrates, however, that in at least one area this was not the case. Craft Capitalism focuses on Hamilton, Ontario, and demonstrates how the preservation of traditional work arrangements, craft mobility networks, and other aspects of craft culture ensured that craftsworkers in that city enjoyed an essentially positive introduction to industrial capitalism.
Kristofferson argues that, as former craftsworkers themselves, the majority of the city's industrial proprietors helped their younger counterparts achieve independence. Conflict rooted in capitalist class experience, while present, was not yet dominant. Furthermore, he argues, while craftsworkers' experience of the change was more informed by the residual cultures of craft than by the emergent logic of capitalism, craft culture in Hamilton was not retrogressive. Rather, this situation served as a centre of social creation in ways that built on the positive aspects of both systems.
Based on extensive archival research, this controversial and engaging study offers unique insight to the process of industrialization and class formation in Canada.

Many studies have concluded that the effects of early industrialization on traditional craftsworkers were largely negative. Robert B. Kristofferson demonstrates, however, that in at least one area this was not the case. Craft Capitalism focuses on Hamilton, Ontario, and demonstrates how the preservation of traditional work arrangements, craft mobility networks, and other aspects of craft culture ensured that craftsworkers in that city enjoyed an essentially positive introduction to industrial capitalism.
Kristofferson argues that, as former craftsworkers themselves, the majority of the city's industrial proprietors helped their younger counterparts achieve independence. Conflict rooted in capitalist class experience, while present, was not yet dominant. Furthermore, he argues, while craftsworkers' experience of the change was more informed by the residual cultures of craft than by the emergent logic of capitalism, craft culture in Hamilton was not retrogressive. Rather, this situation served as a centre of social creation in ways that built on the positive aspects of both systems.
Based on extensive archival research, this controversial and engaging study offers unique insight to the process of industrialization and class formation in Canada.

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A National Historic Site, Dundurn Castle - Hamilton, Ontario was the magnificent home of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, one of Canada's first premiers. Tours of the mid-19th-century Hamilton mansion includes than 40 rooms on three floors. Experience life in a grand country home for the MacNab family and the servants working below stairs.

Dundurn Castle is located on a height of land known as Burlington Heights. During the War of 1812, the British Army established a military post at the site. Sir Allan MacNab later incorporated elements of the post into the construction of Dundurn Castle during the 1830's.

OPEN CONCEPT 2 STOREY. FEATURES 9FT. CEILINGS ON MAIN FLOOR WITH COLUMNS, POT LIGHTS, HARDWOOD & CERMAICS. DINING ROOM BOASTS A COFFERED CEILING AND CROWN MOULDING, LIVING ROOM WITH GAS FIREPLACE, EAT-IN KITCHEN WITH MAPLE CABINETS. THE SECOND FLOOR HAS 3 SPACIOUS BEDROOMS INCLUDING A LARGE MASTER BEDROOM WITH WALK-IN CLOSET AND BEAUTIFUL ENSUITE. THE EXTERIOR HAS A DECK WITH ATTACHED PERGOLA, PAVED DRIVE WITH CONCRETE EDGING, FRONT STEPS AND PERENNIAL GARDENS IN BOTH FRONT AND BACK.

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North America's museums are treasured for their collections of Aboriginal ethnographic and archaeological objects. Yet stories of how these artefacts were acquired often reveal unethical acts and troubling chains of possession, as well as unexpected instances of collaboration. For instance, archaeological excavation of Aboriginal graves was so prevalent in the late-eighteenth century that the government of Upper Canada legislated against it, although this did little to stop the practice. Many objects were collected by non-Native outsiders to preserve cultures perceived to be nearing extinction, while other objects were donated or sold by the same Native communities that later demanded their return. Some Native people collected for museums and even created their own. Providing a comprehensive overview of anthropological collecting in Ontario between 1791 and 1914, Collections and Objections details the complicated relationships between Euro-Canadian and Native cultures, the numerous ways in which Aboriginal objects were acquired, and the motives behind their collection. The concluding chapter connects historical practices of collecting to present day debates over the stewardship of Aboriginal material culture in Canada and the United States. A remarkable look at the relationships between the public, historical societies, governments, professional anthropologists, and various Native communities, Collections and Objections explores the legacy of interest in Aboriginal heritage.