Toronto's Girl Problem : the Perils and Pleasures of the City, 1880-1930.

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The overriding observation is that Torontonians projected their fears and hopes about urban industrialization onto the figure of the working girl.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Strange, Carolyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Studies in gender and history.
Subjects:
Single women > Employment > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Young women > Ontario > Toronto > Economic conditions.
Single women > Ontario > Toronto > Economic conditions.
Young women > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Single women > Ontario > Toronto > Social conditions.
Young women > Employment > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Femmes seules > Travail > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Jeunes femmes > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions économiques.
Femmes seules > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions économiques.
Jeunes femmes > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions sociales.
Femmes seules > Ontario > Toronto > Conditions sociales.
Jeunes femmes > Travail > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Single women > Economic conditions
Single women > Employment
Single women > Social conditions
Young women > Economic conditions
Young women > Employment
Young women > Social conditions
Ontario > Toronto
Toronto
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 City Work, Moral Dilemmas
  • 3 Ruined Girls and Fallen Women
  • 4 The Social Evil in the Queen City
  • 5 Good Times and Bad Girls
  • 6 Temptations, Crimes, and Follies
  • 7 Citizens, Workers, and Mothers of the Race
  • 8 Conclusion
  • APPENDICES
  • Single Women and Toronto's Industrial Development, 1880-1930
  • Sex, Crime, and Policing, 1880-1930
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • PICTURE CREDITS
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • ILLUSTRATIONS.

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