Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal

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Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal is written by Bettina Bradbury and published by UBC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0774840609 (ISBN 10) and 9780774840606 (ISBN 13).

Negotiating Identities in 19th- and 20th-Century Montreal illuminates the cultural complexity and richness of a modernizing city and its people. The chapters focus on sites where identities were forged and contested over crucial decades in Montreal’s history. Readers will discover the links between identity, place, and historical moment as they meet vagrant women, sailors in port, unemployed men of the Great Depression, elite families, shopkeepers, reformers, notaries, and social workers, among others. This is a fascinating study that explores the intersections of state, people, and the voluntary sector to elucidate the processes that took people between homes and cemeteries, between families and shops, and onto the streets. This book will be of interest to a wide range of social and cultural historians, critical geographers, students of gender studies, and those wanting to know more about the fascinating past of one of Canada’s most lively cities.