Working Families: Age, Gender, and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal

Bettina Bradbury

Published by University of Toronto Press 2003

Working Families

Age, Gender, and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal

Bettina Bradbury

In the series Canadian Social History Series

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442685475

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About this book

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.

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Bradbury Bettina :

Bettina Bradbury is an associate professor of History and Women's Studies at York University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
1 The Economic, Geographic, and Social Context of Montreal Working-Class Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
2 Marriage, Families, and Households Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
3 Men’s Wages and the Cost of Living Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
4 Age, Gender, and the Roles of Children Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
5 Managing and Stretching Wages: The Work of Wives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
6 Managing without a Spouse: Women's Inequality Laid Bare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 310
Keywords: Coursebook

eBook

Published: March 17, 2007
ISBN: 9781442685475