The Infinite Bonds of Family

Author： Cynthia R. Comacchio  

Publisher： University of Toronto Press‎

Publication year： 1999

E-ISBN: 9781442681491

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Language： ENG

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With this book, Cynthia Comacchio presents the first historical overview of domestic life in Canada, showing how families have both changed and remained the same, through transitions brought about by urbanization, industrialization, and war.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction: Thinking Historically about Canadian Families

Part I: Making the New Nation: Domestic Adjustments, 1850–1914

1 The New Order: Socio-economic Changes and Family Relations

2 Mending Crisis-Torn Families: Reform and Regulation

Part II: A New Day for Families: Modernizing Domesticity, 1914–1930

3 War and Reconstruction: 'Normalcy' and Its Discontents

4 New Model Families: Science and State Intervention

Part III: Facing the Wall: Enduring the Great Depression

5 Families in Distress: Surviving the 'Dirty Thirties'

Conclusion: The Infinite Bonds of Family, 1850–1940

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