Being neighbours : cooperative work and rural culture, 1830-1960 / Catharine Anne Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Catharine Anne, 1958- author.

Series:

McGill-Queen's Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life.

Social participation.

Southern Ontario.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (449 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Drawing on the writing of over one hundred diarists, this book takes us into the heart of informal neighbourhood labour exchanges known as "bees" and the context of farm families' daily lives in Southern Ontario. It sheds light on the workways of rural people and on how neighbouring was a dynamic and progressive aspect of agricultural change, as well as a key element in fashioning rural culture.

Contents:

Cover

BEING NEIGHBOURS

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction Bee-ing Neighbours

1 Busy Bees The Types of Bees, Their Frequency, and Work Processes

2 The Bee Network Inclusion, Household Engagement, and Equalizing the Exchange

3 The Quilting Bee Time, Space, Neighbourhood Aesthetics, and Collective Memory

4 "Yo Heave" - The Spirit of Increase Raising the Barn, Agricultural Practise, Hospitality, and Collective Memory

5 Threshing Bees New Technologies and Business Arrangements

6 "If There Is Honey, the Bees Will Come" Foodways and Foodscapes of Plenty

7 Killer Bees Accidents, Violence, and Timely Resolutions

8 Buzzing Off The Decline of Bees

Conclusion Wrap-Up and Legacy

Appendix A: Table of Diarists

Appendix B: Tables

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780228015871

0228015871

9780228015888

022801588X

OCLC:

1346361174