What Was It Like To Work In A Canadian Second World War Munitions Factory? What Were Working Conditions Like? Did Anyone Die? Just How Closely Did Female Employees Embody The Image Of ârosie The Riveterâ So Popularly Advertised To Promote Factory Work In War Propaganda Posters? How Closely Does The Recent Tv Show, Bomb Girls, Resemble The Actual Historical Record Of The Day-to-day Lives Of Bomb-making Employees? Bomb Girls Delivers A Dramatic, Personal, And Detailed Review Of Canadaâs Largest Fuse-filling Munitions Factory, Situated In Scarborough, Ontario. First-hand Accounts, Technical Records, Photographic Evidence, Business Documentation, And Site Maps All Come Together To Offer A Rare, Complete Account Into The Lives Of Over Twenty-one Thousand Brave Men And Women Who Risked Their Lives Daily While Handling High Explosives In A Dedicated Effort To Help Win The War.--publisher Description. In The Beginning -- Frozen Field Of Dreams -- Mini City Behind And Eight-foot Barbed-wire Fence -- Ramping Up -- If You Can Walk, Talk, Creep Or Crawl -- Apply Here! -- Day In The Life Of A Bomb Girl -- It All Depends On Me -- Safety First Because Safety Lasts -- Whistle While You Work: Industrial Relations And Personnel -- Service With A Smile: Departments Serving Employees -- Rolling Up Their Sleeves: Departments Contributing To Munitions Production -- Nothing Less With Do -- Employee Morale -- When 'victory' Trumpets Sound The Call -- If You Build It, Scarborough Will Come -- Appendix A: Layout Of Geco: An Engineer's Sketch Of Geco -- Appendix B: Geco Management Chart -- Appendix C: Typical Workshop Layout: Fuse 251, Shop 67c. Barbara Dickson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.
Categories:
- Politics & Social Sciences
- Sociology
- Reference
- Sociology
Publisher : Dundurn Press
Author : Dickson, Barbara
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :2015-10-27
Number Of Pages : 288
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 1459731166
ISBN-13 : 9781459731165
Item weight : 0.98 lb
Dimensions : 0.51 in x 5.98 in x 8.94 in
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