The other Quebec : microhistorical essays on nineteenth-century religion and society / J.I. Little.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Little, J. I. (John Irvine), 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eastern Townships (Québec)--Religion--19th century.

Eastern Townships (Québec).

Eastern Townships (Québec)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Eastern Townships (Québec)--Religious life and customs.

Eastern Townships (Québec)--History.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

viii, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2006]

Contents:

Religion, Family, and Gender

1 The Mental World of Ralph Merry, Tinware Peddler and Religious Ecstatic, 1798-1863 17

2 The Fireside Kingdom: A Mid-Nineteenth-Century Anglican Perspective on Marriage and Parenthood 45

3 Gender and Gentility: Lucy Peel's Journal, 1833-6 69

4 A 'Christian Businessman': The Convergence of Precept and Practice in Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Gender Construction 94

Religion, Social Reform, and Community

5 'A Moral Engine of Such Incalculable Power': The Temperance Movement in the Eastern Townships, 1830-52 129

6 'Labouring in a Great Cause': Marcus Child as Pioneer Schools Inspector, 1852-9 161

7 Railways, Revivals, and Rowdyism: The Beebe Adventist Camp Meeting, 1875-1900 197

8 A Crime 'Shrouded in Mystery': State, Church, and Community in the Kinnear's Mills Post-Office Case, 1899-1905 222.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0802091008

0802093973

OCLC:

62691271

Publisher Number:

9780802091000

9780802093974