Families in Transition
Industry and Population in Nineteenth-Century Saint-Hyacinthe
1st Edition
Published on 14. May 2014
338 pages
978-0-7735-6782-5 (ISBN)
Description
Economic and social conditions in Saint-Hyacinthe changed dramatically in the later nineteenth century with the arrival of the railway and the emergence of manufacturing industry. In Families in Transition Peter Gossage shows how the rise of industrial capitalism transformed the lives of the town's French-speaking, Catholic families.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal, QC
United States
Edition type
Digital original
File size
19,06 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-6782-5 (9780773567825)
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09/1999
McGill-Queen's University Press
€154.50
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Person
Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Tables
- Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Saint-Hyacinthe in Context
- 2 Genesis of an Industrial Town
- 3 To Have and to Hold: Marriage and Family Formation in Nineteenth-Century Saint-Hyacinthe
- 4 Families at the Threshold: Newlyweds, Household Structure, and Proximity to Kin
- 5 Interesting Conditions: Fertility and Family Size in Transition
- 6 Conclusion: The Art of the Possible
- Appendix: Family Formation in Focus: An Essay on Methods
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
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