Respectable Citizens : : Gender, Family, and Unemployment in Ontario's Great Depression / / Lara A. Campbell.
High unemployment rates, humiliating relief policy, and the spectre of eviction characterized the experiences of many Ontario families in the Great Depression. Respectable Citizens is an examination of the material difficulties and survival strategies of families facing poverty and unemployment, and...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. 'Giving All the Good in Me to Save My Children': Domestic Labour, Motherhood, and 'Making Do' in Ontario Families
- 2. 'If He Is a Man He Becomes Desperate': Unemployed Husbands, Fathers, and Workers
- 3. The Obligations of Family: Parents, Children's Labour, and Youth Culture
- 4. 'A Family's Self-Respect and Morale': Negotiating Respectability and Conflict in Home and Family
- 5. Militant Mothers and Loving Fathers: Gender, Family, and Ethnicity in Protest
- Conclusion: Survival, Citizenship and State
- Notes
- References
- Index