Childhood and family in Canadian history
By: edited by Joy Parr.
Contributors: Parr, Joy.
Series: The Canadian social history series
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Children -- Canada -- History -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Family -- Canada -- History -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Description: Concentrating on children's own experiences and the character of family life, this exciting collection of original essays is designed to integrate the role of children into studies of Canada's past. Drawing on archaeological evidence, paintings, photographs, census records, case files, and parish rolls, the contributors to this volume draw a fascinating portrait of the lives of Canadian children from the seventeenth century onward, describing child labour practices, the many different modes of child-rearing, the family structure and economy, and the lives of children in and outside of institutions. Together, these articles constitute a strong, rich addition to Canadian social history.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 179-187.
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations
pagenum: iv; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: v; title: Contributors
pagenum: vi; title: Introduction
pagenum: 7
authors: Joy Parr; title: Les Petits Sauvages: The Children of Eighteenth-Century New France
pagenum: 17
authors: Peter N. Moogk; title: Children of the Early Fur Trades
pagenum: 44
authors: Jennifer S. H. Brown; title: Schooling, the Economy, and Rural Society in Nineteenth-Century Ontario
pagenum: 69
authors: Chad Gaffield; title: Family, Youth, and Leaving Home in Late-Nineteenth-Century Rural Nova Scotia: Canning and the Exodus, 1868-1893
pagenum: 93
authors: Alan A. Brookes; title: The Fragmented Family: Family Strategies in the Face of Death, Illness, and Poverty, Montreal, 1860-1885
pagenum: 109
authors: Bettina Bradbury; title: The "Waifs and Strays" of a Late Victorian City: Juvenile Delinquents in Toronto
pagenum: 129
authors: Susan E. Houston; title: The Working Young of Edmonton, 1921-1931
pagenum: 143
authors: Rebecca Coulter; title: Intruders in the Nursery: Childcare Professionals Reshape the Years One to Five, 1920-1940
pagenum: 160
authors: Veronica Strong-Boag; title: Select Bibliography
pagenum: 179; title: Notes
pagenum: 188