ISBN:
9780889203266
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (245 p.)
Series Statement:
Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
Parallel Title:
Print version Making Do : Women, Family and Home in Montreal during the Great Depression
DDC:
305.43
Keywords:
Depressions ; 1929 ; Québec (Province)
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Housewives ; Québec (Province) ; History
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Housewives ; Québec (Province) ; Montréal ; History
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Montréal (Québec) ; Social conditions ; 20th century
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Women ; Québec (Province) ; Economic conditions
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Women ; Québec (Province) ; Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Operating systems (Computers)
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Macintosh (Computer)
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Mac OS..
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Life in the Great Depression - long lines of unemployed, soup kitchens, men riding the rails, public works projects - these are the graphic images of the Great Depression of the 1930s, popularized by the press and seared into our memories. But outside of a few distinctive stories gathered from the oral and anecdotal writings on strategies used to survive, we know next to nothing about the daily life of the working class during those long and hungry years. How did the families survive when the principal breadwinner was unemployed? How did they feed, shelter and clothe themselves when reli
Description / Table of Contents:
Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Domestic Labour and Economic Crisis; Chapter 2 From Birth to Marriage; Chapter 3 Beyond Romance: Courtship and Marriage; Chapter 4 Motherhood; Chapter 5 Working for Pay and Managing the Household Finances; Chapter 6 Housework; Chapter 7 State, Family, Neighbours, and Credit; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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