@article{347329,
      recid = {347329},
      author = {Rollings-Magnusson, Sandra.},
      title = {Heavy burdens on small shoulders : the labour of pioneer  children on the Canadian Prairies /},
      publisher = {University of Alberta Press,},
      address = {Edmonton :},
      pages = {xii, 177 p. :},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/347329},
}