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The Infinite Bonds of Family

Domesticity in Canada, 1850-1940

by (author) Cynthia R. Comacchio

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
May 1999
Category
General, Women's Studies, Marriage & Family
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802079299
    Publish Date
    May 1999
    List Price
    $32.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802009647
    Publish Date
    May 1999
    List Price
    $76.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442681491
    Publish Date
    Jun 1999
    List Price
    $77.00

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Description

The history of the family is a relatively new, yet rapidly developing area of academic study. With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada.

According to Comacchio, the social anxiety resulting from an ongoing perception of the family as being 'in crisis' has had a significant influence on evolving social policy. Comacchio shows how families have both changed and remained the same, through transitions brought about by urbanization, industrialization, and war. Her many stories of individual families highlight both historical trends and the more intimate issues related to race, gender, class, region, and age.

This is the only synthesis to date of the historical literature on Canadian families. Designed for students at graduate and undergraduate levels, it not only introduces the key concepts and approaches of a developing field of study, but also summarizes the major issues and trends that affected Canadian families from 1850 to1940.

About the author

Cynthia Comacchio's research focuses on the history of children/childhood and youth in Canada, late 19th to 21st centuries. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Dominion of Youth: Adolescence and the Making of a Modern Canada, 1920-50 (WLU Press, 2008) and Ring Around the Maple: Settler Children in Canada, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (WLU Press, 2024).

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