Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Hamilton, Upper Canada, to 1846 15
6. A “sufficiently extensive and efficient instrumentality” 29
7. A Mixed Social Economy 43
8. The City and the Ladies 53
9. Public Acts and Private Lives 69
10. Institutional Care, Adoption, and Apprenticeship 83
11. Continuity and Change, 1870–93 101
12. Conclusion 115
13. Notes 123
14. Bibliography 145
15. Index 155