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Ruth Bleasdale

Ruth Bleasdale

Assistant Professor

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Department of History

Email: ruth.bleasdale@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-3355
Fax: 902-494-3349
Mailing Address: 
Room 3181, Marion McCain Building, 6135 University Ave
PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Canadian history
  • Working-class history
  • Criminal law


Education

  • BA (Western)
  • MA (Western)
  • PhD (Western)

Selected Publications

Rough Work: Labourers on the Public Works of British North America and Canada, 1841–1882, University of Toronto Press, 2018

Teaching 2019-2020:

  • HIST 2235W - History of Canadian Culture
  • HIST 3226W - Law and Justice in Canadian Society, to 1890
  • HIST 3227W - Criminal Law, Crime and Punishment in Canada, 1890 to Present    

 

Office Hours Fall Term 2019-2020:

  • by appointment