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Respectable Citizens
Gender, Family, and Unemployment in Ontario's Great Depression
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Artikel-Nr:
9780802096692
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.2009
Seiten:
304
Autor:
Lara A Campbell
Gewicht:
499 g
Format:
229x152x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Lara Campbell
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.
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: 'Giving all the good in me to save my children': Domestic Labour, Motherhood, and 'Making Do' in Ontario FamiliesChapter Two: 'If he is a man he becomes desperate': Unemployed Husbands, Fathers, and WorkersChapter Three: The Obligations of Family: Parents, Children's Labour, and Youth CultureChapter Four: 'A Family's Self-Respect and Morale': Negotiating Respectability and Conflict in Home and FamilyChapter Five: Militant Mothers and Loving Fathers: Gender, Family, and Ethnicity in ProtestConclusion: Survival, Citizenship, and StateEndnotesBibliography