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Caught - Montreal''s Modern Girls and the Law, 1869-1945

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Tamara Myers is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext 'Exploring the lives of -delinquent- girls in Montreal, "Caught "integrates an analysis of class, ethnicity, and gender into a comprehensive and sensitive account of girls' conflicts with the law, their criminalization, and their incarceration. Based on extensive research, Tamara Myers's study is an important and insightful contribution to Canadian women's, legal, social, and youth history.'-Joan Sangster, Professor of Women's Studies and History, Trent University Zusammenfassung Caught exposes the attempts made by the juvenile justice system of the day to curb modern attitudes and behaviour; at the same time! it reveals the changing patterns of social and family interaction among adolescent girls.

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Authors Tamar Myers, Tamara Myers
Publisher University of Toronto Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 16.12.2006
 
EAN 9780802094506
ISBN 978-0-8020-9450-6
No. of pages 348
Dimensions 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
Series Studies in Gender History
Studies in Gender and History
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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