'Tools of Masculine Self-Actualization' - Dr. Rob Kristofferson at Rural History Roundtable
Dr Rob Kristofferson, Associate Professor of History and Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, will speak as part of the Rural History Roundtable on March 8: "Narrating the Known Story: Mid-Victorian Craftsworker Diaries as Tools of Masculine Selfactualization" Dr. Kristofferson is the author of Craft Capitalism: Craftsworkers and Early Industrialization in Hamilton, Ontario, 1840-1872 and, with Andrew C. Holman, the forthcoming work, More of a Man: The Diaries of Andrew McIlwraith, Canada West and New York City, 1857-1862.