Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774811986 ISBN 13: 9780774811989

Publisher: UBC Press, 2006

Synopsis

Negotiating Identities in 19th- and 20th-Century Montreal illuminates the cultural complexity and richness of a modernizing city and its people. The chapters focus on sites where identities were forged and contested over crucial decades in Montreal’s history. Readers will discover the links between identity, place, and historical moment as they meet vagrant women, sailors in port, unemployed men of the Great Depression, elite families, shopkeepers, reformers, notaries, and social workers, among others. This is a fascinating study that explores the intersections of state, people, and the voluntary sector to elucidate the processes that took people between homes and cemeteries, between families and shops, and onto the streets.

This book will be of interest to a wide range of social and cultural historians, critical geographers, students of gender studies, and those wanting to know more about the fascinating past of one of Canada’s most lively cities.

About this title

Book Description:

In this illuminating history of Montreal, readers will discover the links between identity, place, and historical moment as they meet vagrant women, sailors in port, unemployed men of the Great Depression, elite families, shopkeepers, reformers, notaries, and social workers.

About the Author:

Bettina Bradbury is a member of the History and Women’s Studies Departments at York University. Tamara Myers is a member of the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg. The other contributors include Marie-Eve Harbec, Karine Hebert, Darcy Ingram, Suzannet Morton, Mary Anne Poutanen, Jarret Rudy, Anna Shea, Sylvie Taschereau, and Brian Young.

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0774811986
• ISBN 13: 9780774811989
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Bradbury Bettina