Administering Danger in the Workplace : : The Law and Politics of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in Ontario 1850–1914 /

Administering Danger in the Workplace : : The Law and Politics of Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in Ontario 1850–1914 / / Eric Tucker.

For Ontario workers during the industrial revolution the workplace was often an environment of terrible danger. Injuries and illness from unsafe working conditions were commonplace. Over time these conditions spurred efforts for reform from activists, legislators, and the courts. But change was slow...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Tucker, Eric,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1990
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • ADMINISTERING DANGER IN THE WORKPLACE
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Paying the 'Butcher Bill': Industrialization and Workers' Health
  • 3. Courting Risk: The Establishment of Market Regulation
  • 4. The Politics of Ontario's Factory Legislation: Part 1
  • 5. The Politics of Ontario's Factory Legislation: Part n
  • 6. The Implementation of Ontario's Factory Legislation 1886-1900
  • 7. Factory Regulation in the Second Industrial Revolution
  • 8. Conclusion
  • APPENDIX A
  • APPENDIX B
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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