Private Women and the Public Good - Charity and State Formation in Hamilton, Ontario, 1846-93

Informationen zum Autor Carmen J. Nielson is an associate professor of history in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. Klappentext Carmen J. Nielson is an associate professor of history in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. Zusammenfassung An engaging history of the Ladies Benevolent Society and Hamilton Orphan Asylum and a broad consideration of the ability of women’s charitable work to bridge the nineteenth-century boundaries of public and private spheres. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Gender and the Public Sphere1 Hamilton, Upper Canada, to 18462 A "sufficiently extensive and efficient instrumentality"3 A Mixed Social Economy4 The City and the Ladies5 Public Acts and Private Lives6 Institutionalization, Adoption, and Apprenticeship7 Continuity and Change, 1870-93Conclusion: A Career in Christian CharityNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Carmen J Nielson, Carmen J. Nielson
• Publisher: University Of British Columbia
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2015
• EAN: 9780774826921
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-2692-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous