Religion, Family, and Community in Victorian Canada - The Colbys of Carrollcroft Volume 39

While we know a great deal about the role religion played in institutions in Victorian Canada, its place in home and family life has remained relatively unexplored. Drawing on a treasure trove of family papers and material culture, Marguerite Van Die depicts religion as "lived experience" in a portrait of a Protestant middle-class family in Quebec's Eastern Townships. Van Die, a sympathetic and perceptive observer and a gifted and deft interpreter, describes the lives of the Colbys of Carrollcroft - members of Canada's emerging economic elite who were active in the local community, public life, and politics - drawing attention to the links connecting domestic religion and private life, business concerns, and social change in one family's life over three generations.

About the author

Marguerite Van Die is a member of the history department and head of Theological Studies, Queen's Theological College.

Product details

• Authors: Marguerite van Die, Marguerite Van die
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2007
• EAN: 9780773530287
• ISBN: 978-0-7735-3028-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion; McGill-Queen's Studies in the; None; McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Re; McGill-Queen's Studies in the; McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Religion; McGill-Queen's Studies in the Hist of Re
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous