Format:
1 Online-Ressource (180 pages)
ISBN:
9781442681491
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1442681497
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0802009646
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9780802009647
Series Statement:
Themes in Canadian social history 4
Content:
Annotation The history of the family is a relatively new, yet rapidly developing area of academic study. With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada. According to Comacchio, the social anxiety resulting from an ongoing perception of the family as being 'in crisis' has had a significant influence on evolving social policy. Comacchio shows how families have both changed and remained the same, through transitions brought about by urbanization, industrialization, and war. Her many stories of individual families highlight both historical trends and the more intimate issues related to race, gender, class, region, and age. This is the only synthesis to date of the historical literature on Canadian families. Designed for students at graduate and undergraduate levels, it not only introduces the key concepts and approaches of a developing field of study, but also summarizes the major issues and trends that affected Canadian families from 1850 to1940
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-169) and index
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Frontmatter - Contents - Acknowledgments - Introduction: Thinking Historically about Canadian Families - PART I. MAKING THE NEW NATION: DOMESTIC ADJUSTMENTS, 1850-1914 - 1 The New Order: Socio-economic Changes and Family Relations - 2 Mending Crisis-Torn Families: Reform and Regulation - PART II. A NEW DAY FOR FAMILIES: MODERNIZING DOMESTICITY, 1914-1930 - 3 War and Reconstruction: 'Normalcy' and Its Discontents - 4 New Model Families: Science and State Intervention - PART III. FACING THE WALL: ENDURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION - 5 Families in Distress: Surviving the 'Dirty Thirties' - Conclusion: The Infinite Bonds of Family, 1850-1940 - Select Bibliography - Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0802079296
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Comacchio, Cynthia R., 1957- Infinite bonds of family Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999
Language:
English
