Title Working families : age, gender, and daily survival in industrializing Montreal / Bettina Bradbury

Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2007 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (310 pages : illustrations, map Series Canadian social history series Canadian social history series. Contents 1. The Economic, Geographic, and Social Context of Montreal Working-Class Life -- 2. Marriage, Families, and Households -- 3. Men's Wages and the Cost of Living -- 4. Age, Gender, and the Roles of Children -- 5. Managing and Stretching Wages: The Work of Wives -- 6. Managing without a Spouse: Women's Inequality Laid Bare -- Conclusion Summary Working Families explores the complex variety of responses of working-class families to their new lives within industrial capitalist society, and offers new ways of looking at the industrial revolution in Canada Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Working class -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century Families -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- 19th century Families -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- 19th century -- Statistics Women -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- ) Families Social conditions Women Working class SUBJECT Montréal (Québec) -- Social conditions Subject Québec -- Montréal Genre/Form History Statistics Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442685475 1442685476

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