Title Household politics : Montreal families and postwar reconstruction / Magda Fahrni

Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Studies in gender and history ; 27 Studies in gender and history ; 27. Contents 1. Summer 1945 -- 2. A web of welfare : the mixed social economy of postwar Montreal -- 3. 'Pour que bientot il me revienne' : sustaining soldiers, veterans, and their families -- 4. Commemorating the Cent-Maries : 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? Summary Through in-depth research from a wide variety of sources, Fahrni brings together family history, social history, and political history to look at a wide variety of Montreal families - French-speaking and English-speaking; Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish - making Household Politics a particularly unique and erudite study Notes Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--York University Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Families -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 20th century Charities -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 20th century Charities Families Social conditions Social policy SUBJECT Montréal (Québec) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Canada -- Social policy Subject Canada Québec -- Montréal Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 144262745X 9781442627451

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