Household Politics : : Montreal Families and Postwar Reconstruction / / Magda Fahrni.

The reconstruction of Canadian society in the wake of the Second World War had an enormous impact on all aspects of public and private life. For families in Montreal, reconstruction plans included a stable home life hinged on social and economic security, female suffrage, welfare-state measures, and...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2005
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Studies in Gender and History
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Summer 1945
  • 2. A Web of Welfare: The Mixed Social Economy of Postwar Montreal
  • 3. 'Pour que bientôt il me revienne': Sustaining Soldiers, Veterans, and Their Families
  • 4. Commemorating the Cent-Mariés : Marriage and Public Memory
  • 5. A Politics of Prices: Married Women and Economic Citizenship
  • 6. In the Streets: Fatherhood and Public Protest
  • Conclusion: City Unique?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Photo Credits
  • Index
  • Backmatter