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Making Do : Women, Family and Home in Montreal during the Great Depression.

Life in the Great Depression -- long lines of unemployed, soup kitchens, men riding the rails, public works projects -- these are the graphic images of the Great Depression of the 1930s, popularized by the press and seared into our memories. But outside of a few distinctive stories gathered from the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baillargeon, Denyse
Other Authors: Klein, Yvonne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Series:Studies in childhood and family in Canada.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Domestic Labour and Economic Crisis; Chapter 2 From Birth to Marriage; Chapter 3 Beyond Romance: Courtship and Marriage; Chapter 4 Motherhood; Chapter 5 Working for Pay and Managing the Household Finances; Chapter 6 Housework; Chapter 7 State, Family, Neighbours, and Credit; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.