Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter one. The people of a Canadian City, 1851-52 16
5. Chapter two. The structure of Inequality, 1851 and 1861 44
6. Chapter three. Transiency and Social Mobility 94
7. Chapter four. The Entrepreneurial Class 176
8. Chapter five. Growing Up in the Nineteenth Century: Family, Household, and Youth 209
9. Conclusion 309
10. Appendix 319
11. Notes 353
12. Index 373