Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search

History Post-confederation (1867-)

Household Politics

Montreal Families and Postwar Reconstruction

by (author) Magda Fahrni

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2005
Category
Post-Confederation (1867-), General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802048882
    Publish Date
    Nov 2005
    List Price
    $50.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802038494
    Publish Date
    Nov 2005
    List Price
    $100.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442658219
    Publish Date
    Dec 2005
    List Price
    $40.95

Classroom Resources

Where to buy it

Description

The reconstruction of Canadian society in the wake of the Second World War had an enormous impact on all aspects of public and private life. For families in Montreal, reconstruction plans included a stable home life hinged on social and economic security, female suffrage, welfare-state measures, and a reasonable cost of living. In Household Politics, Magda Fahrni examines postwar reconstruction from a variety of angles in order to fully convey its significance in the 1940s as differences of class, gender, language, religion, and region naturally produced differing perspectives.

Reconstruction was not simply a matter of official policy. Although the government set many of the parameters for public debate, federal projects did not inspire a postwar consensus, and families alternatively embraced, negotiated, or opposed government plans. Through in-depth research from a wide variety of sources, Fahrni brings together family history, social history, and political history to look at a wide variety of Montreal families – French-speaking and English-speaking; Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish - making Household Politics a particularly unique and erudite study.

About the author

Magda Fahrni is an assistant professor in the Department of History at l?Universit� du Qu�bec � Montr�al.

Magda Fahrni's profile page

Awards

  • Short-listed, Clio Prize - Quebec / Canadian Historical Association
  • Short-listed, Sir John A. MacDonald Prize - Canadian Historical Association