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6. Family Geographies: Montreal, Canada’s Metropolis

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© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Contributors xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART ONE: FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY: CANADA, 1901
  7. 1. Transitions in Household and Family Structure: Canada in 1901 and 1991 17
  8. 2. Canadian Fertility in 1901: A Bird’s-Eye View 59
  9. 3. Family Geographies: A National Perspective 110
  10. PART TWO: URBAN FAMILIES
  11. 4. Family Geographies: An Urban Perspective 131
  12. 5. Rural to Urban Migration: Finding Household Complexity in a New World Environment 147
  13. 6. Family Geographies: Montreal, Canada’s Metropolis 180
  14. PART THREE: THE YOUNG AND THE OLD
  15. 7. Families, Fostering, and Flying the Coop: Lessons in Liberal Cultural Formation, 1871–1901 197
  16. 8. Canadian Children Who Lived with One Parent in 1901 247
  17. 9. Boundaries of Age: Exploring the Patterns of Young-Old Age among Men, Canada and the United States, 1870–1901 302
  18. PART FOUR: NEW INTERPRETATIONS: FAMILY AND SOCIAL HISTORY
  19. 10. Inequality, Earnings, and the Canadian Working Class in 1901 339
  20. 11. ‘Leaving God Behind When They Crossed the Rocky Mountains’: Exploring Unbelief in Turn-of-the-Century British Columbia 371
  21. 12. Giving Birth: Families and the Medical Marketplace in Victoria, British Columbia, 1880–1901 405
  22. PART FIVE: THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL CONTEXT
  23. 13. Language, Ancestry, and the Competing Constructions of Identity in Turn-of-the-Century Canada 423
  24. 14. Constructing Normality and Confronting Deviance: Familial Ideologies, Household Structures, and Divorce in the 1901 Canadian Census 441
  25. Index 477
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https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442684430-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Contributors xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. PART ONE: FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY: CANADA, 1901
  7. 1. Transitions in Household and Family Structure: Canada in 1901 and 1991 17
  8. 2. Canadian Fertility in 1901: A Bird’s-Eye View 59
  9. 3. Family Geographies: A National Perspective 110
  10. PART TWO: URBAN FAMILIES
  11. 4. Family Geographies: An Urban Perspective 131
  12. 5. Rural to Urban Migration: Finding Household Complexity in a New World Environment 147
  13. 6. Family Geographies: Montreal, Canada’s Metropolis 180
  14. PART THREE: THE YOUNG AND THE OLD
  15. 7. Families, Fostering, and Flying the Coop: Lessons in Liberal Cultural Formation, 1871–1901 197
  16. 8. Canadian Children Who Lived with One Parent in 1901 247
  17. 9. Boundaries of Age: Exploring the Patterns of Young-Old Age among Men, Canada and the United States, 1870–1901 302
  18. PART FOUR: NEW INTERPRETATIONS: FAMILY AND SOCIAL HISTORY
  19. 10. Inequality, Earnings, and the Canadian Working Class in 1901 339
  20. 11. ‘Leaving God Behind When They Crossed the Rocky Mountains’: Exploring Unbelief in Turn-of-the-Century British Columbia 371
  21. 12. Giving Birth: Families and the Medical Marketplace in Victoria, British Columbia, 1880–1901 405
  22. PART FIVE: THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL CONTEXT
  23. 13. Language, Ancestry, and the Competing Constructions of Identity in Turn-of-the-Century Canada 423
  24. 14. Constructing Normality and Confronting Deviance: Familial Ideologies, Household Structures, and Divorce in the 1901 Canadian Census 441
  25. Index 477
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