Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal

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Beskrivning

Negotiating Identities in 19th- and 20th-Century Montrealilluminates the cultural complexity and richness of a modernizing cityand its people. The chapters focus on sites where identities wereforged and contested over crucial decades in Montreal's history.Readers will discover the links between identity, place, and historicalmoment as they meet vagrant women, sailors in port, unemployed men ofthe Great Depression, elite families, shopkeepers, reformers, notaries,and social workers, among others. This is a fascinating study thatexplores the intersections of state, people, and the voluntary sectorto elucidate the processes that took people between homes andcemeteries, between families and shops, and onto the streets. This bookwill be of interest to a wide range of social and cultural historians,critical geographers, students of gender studies, and those wanting toknow more about the fascinating past of one of Canada's mostlively cities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2005-08-24
Mått: 152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt: 1 200 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 328
Förlag: University of British Columbia Press
ISBN: 9780774811972

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Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria

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Bettina Bradbury is a member of the History andWomen's Studies Departments at York University. TamaraMyers is a member of the Department of History at theUniversity of Winnipeg. Contributors: BettinaBradbury, Marie-Eve Harbec, Karine Hébert, TamaraMyers, Mary Anne Poutanen, Darcy Ingram, Jarrett Rudy, AnnaShea and Suzanne Morton, Sylvie Taschereau, and Brian Young

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"This book combines a number of key topics that greatly enhance historians' understanding of Montreal's cultural diversity. Scholars with a wide range of interests - those studying identity formation, the public/private divide, agency and regulation, consumer behavior, and collective memory - will find this an illuminating and valuable volume." - Alan Gordon, author of Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories"

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