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Negotiating Identities in 19th- And 20th-century Montreal

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Informationen zum Autor Bettina Bradbury is a member of the History andWomen's Studies Departments at York University. TamaraMyers is a member of the Department of History at theUniversity of Winnipeg. Contributors: BettinaBradbury, Marie-Eve Harbec, Karine Hébert, TamaraMyers, Mary Anne Poutanen, Darcy Ingram,   Jarrett Rudy, AnnaShea and Suzanne Morton, Sylvie Taschereau, and Brian Young Klappentext Bettina Bradbury is a member of the History andWomen¿s Studies Departments at York University. TamaraMyers is a member of the Department of History at theUniversity of Winnipeg. Contributors: BettinaBradbury, Marie-Eve Harbec, Karine H¿rt, TamaraMyers, Mary Anne Poutanen, Darcy Ingram,¿¿ Jarrett Rudy, AnnaShea and Suzanne Morton, Sylvie Taschereau, and Brian Young Zusammenfassung In this illuminating history of Montreal! readers will discover the links between identity! place! and historical moment as they meet vagrant women! sailors in port! unemployed men of the Great Depression! elite families! shopkeepers! reformers! notaries! and social workers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- andTwentieth-Century Montreal / Bettina Bradbury and TamaraMyers Part 1: Homes and Homelessness 2. Bonds of Friendship, Kinship, and Community: Gender,Homelessness, and Mutual Aid in Early-Nineteenth-Century Montreal /Mary Anne Poutanen 3. Saving the Union's Jack: The Montreal Sailors' Instituteand the Homeless Sailor, 1862-98 / Darcy Ingram 4. Keeping Men Out of "Public or Semi-Public" Places: TheMontreal Day Shelter for Homeless Men, 1931-34 / Anna Shea andSuzanne Morton Part 2: Death, Burial, and Widowhood 5. Death, Burial, and Protestant Identity in an Elite Family: TheMontreal McCords / Brian Young 6. Widows Negotiate the Law: The First Year of Widowhood inEarly-Nineteenth-Century Montreal / Bettina Bradbury Part 3: Youth, Institutions, and Identities 7. The Ideal Education to Construct an Ideal World: The DunhamLadies' College and the Anglican Elite of the Montreal Diocese,1860-1913 / Marie-Eve Harbec, translated by Yvonne Klein 8. On Probation: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Women'sAnti-Delinquency Work in Interwar Montreal / Tamara Myers 9. From Tomorrow's Elite to Young Intellectual Workers: TheSearch for Identity among Montreal University Students, 1900-58 /Karine Hébert, translated by Steven Watt Part 4: Selling and Consumption 10. "Behind the Store": Montreal Shopkeeping FamiliesBetween the Wars / Sylvie Taschereau, translated by YvonneKlein 11. A Ritual Transformed: Women Smokers in Montreal, 1888-1950 /Jarrett Rudy Index ...

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Authors Bettina (EDT)/ Myers Bradbury, Montreal History Group
Assisted by Bettina Bradbury (Editor), Tamara Myers (Editor)
Publisher University Of Washington Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 28.02.2006
 
EAN 9780774811989
ISBN 978-0-7748-1198-9
No. of pages 310
Dimensions 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology

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