Fahrni, Magdalena, 1970-

Household politics : Montreal families and postwar reconstruction / Montreal families and postwar reconstruction. Magda Fahrni. - [desLibris e-book. - Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, (c)2005. Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xii, 279 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. - Studies in gender and history ; 27 .

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--York University.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Summer 1945 -- A web of welfare: the mixed social economy of postwar Montreal -- 'Pour que bientôt il me revienne': sustaining soldiers, veterans, and their families -- Commemorating the cent-mariés: marriage and public memory -- A politics of prices: married women and economic citizenship -- In the streets: fatherhood and public protest -- Conclusion: city unique?



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Families--History--Québec (Province)--Montréal--20th century.
Charities--History--Québec (Province)--Montréal--20th century.


Electronic Books.

HN110 / .H687 2015