Ring Around the Maple - A Sociocultural History of Children and Childhoods in Canada, 19th and 20th Centuries

A sociocultural history of children and childhood in Canada from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. It approaches these subjects both thematically and chronologically, with attention to the ways in which world historic events--the Great War, the Depression, the Second World War, the Cold War--affected children's lives.

About the author

Cynthia Comacchio's research focuses on the history of children/childhood and youth in Canada, late 19th to 21st centuries. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Dominion of Youth: Adolescence and the Making of a Modern Canada, 1920-50 (WLU Press, 2008) and Ring Around the Maple: Settler Children in Canada, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (WLU Press, 2024).

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia R Comacchio, Cynthia R. Comacchio, Neil Sutherland
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2024
• EAN: 9781771126151
• ISBN: 978-1-77112-615-1
• No. of pages: 716
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 229 mm x 46 mm
• Weight: 1066 g
• Series: Studies in Childhood and Famil
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous