The Infinite Bonds of Family : : Domesticity in Canada, 1850-1940 / / Cynthia R. Comacchio.
The history of the family is a relatively new, yet rapidly developing area of academic study. With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada.According to Comacchio, the social anxiety resulting from an ongoing perception of the family as being �...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©1999 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Themes in Canadian History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Thinking Historically about Canadian Families
- PART I. MAKING THE NEW NATION: DOMESTIC ADJUSTMENTS, 1850-1914
- 1 The New Order: Socio-economic Changes and Family Relations
- 2 Mending Crisis-Torn Families: Reform and Regulation
- PART II. A NEW DAY FOR FAMILIES: MODERNIZING DOMESTICITY, 1914-1930
- 3 War and Reconstruction: 'Normalcy' and Its Discontents
- 4 New Model Families: Science and State Intervention
- PART III. FACING THE WALL: ENDURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
- 5 Families in Distress: Surviving the 'Dirty Thirties'
- Conclusion: The Infinite Bonds of Family, 1850-1940
- Select Bibliography
- Index