Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal by Bettina

Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal by Bettina Bradbury, Tamara Myers

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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.

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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.

Author Biography

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

Details ISBN 0774811986 ISBN-13 9780774811989 Title Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal Author Bettina Bradbury, Tamara Myers Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 328 Edition New edition Publisher University of British Columbia Press GE_Item_ID:161751709; About Us

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