Respectable Citizens: Gender, Family, and Unemployment in Ontario's Great Depression

Lara A. Campbell

Published by University of Toronto Press 2009

Respectable Citizens

Gender, Family, and Unemployment in Ontario's Great Depression

Lara A. Campbell

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442697416

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About this book

Respectable Citizens is an examination of the material difficulties and survival strategies of families facing poverty and unemployment, and an analysis of how collective action and protest redefined the meanings of welfare and citizenship in the 1930s.

Author / Editor information

Campbell Lara A. :

Lara Campbell is an associate professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University.

Reviews

Neal Adolph:

‘Respectable Citizens is an invaluable resource to those who study the Great Depression in Canada precisely because its many observations lead to many opportunities for further exploration.’

Karen Hughes:
‘Respectable Citizens offers a vivid analysis of a unique period in Canadian history that has been rarely studied through a gendered lens… a thought-provoking read, offering rich glimpses of the past as well as striking parallels to the present day.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. ‘Giving All the Good in Me to Save My Children’: Domestic Labour, Motherhood, and ‘Making Do’ in Ontario Families Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. ‘If He Is a Man He Becomes Desperate’: Unemployed Husbands, Fathers, and Workers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
3. The Obligations of Family: Parents, Children’s Labour, and Youth Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
4. ‘A Family’s Self-Respect and Morale’: Negotiating Respectability and Conflict in Home and Family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
5. Militant Mothers and Loving Fathers: Gender, Family, and Ethnicity in Protest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Conclusion: Survival, Citizenship and State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Keywords: Coursebook

eBook

Published: December 31, 2009
ISBN: 9781442697416