Ideal Surroundings : : Domestic Life in a Working-Class Suburb in the 1920s /

Ideal Surroundings : : Domestic Life in a Working-Class Suburb in the 1920s / / Suzanne Morton.

The 1920s are seen by historians as a crucial period in the formation of the Canadian working class. In Ideal Surroundings, Suzanne Morton looks at a single working-class community as it responded to national and regional changes. Grounded in labour and feminist history, with a strong emphasis on do...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Morton, Suzanne,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1995
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Richmond Heights
  • 2. Values and Daily Life
  • 3. Elderly Men and Women
  • 4. Domestic Responsibilities: Husbands and Wives, Fathers and Mothers
  • 5. Single Mothers and Female Household Heads
  • 6. Men
  • 7. Young Women
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index

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