Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal
Bettina Bradbury, Tamara Myers
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Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal
AvBettina Bradbury,Tamara Myers
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
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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.
