Family life and sociability in Upper and Lower Canada, 1780-1870 : a view from diaries and family correspondence / Francoise Noel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noël, Françoise, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Ontario--History--Sources.

Families.

Families--Quebec (Province)--History--Sources.

Ontario--Social life and customs--Sources.

Ontario.

Québec (Province)--Social life and customs--Sources.

Québec (Province).

Physical Description:

xii, 372 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

She notes that courtship usually took place within the social network of interactions with kin and neighbours and shows that family life was located in a broad social space that included people of various ages. By examining the correspondence and diaries of francophone and anglophone middle-class families of various faiths, Noël presents touching stories of family life in the Canadas in the early nineteenth century.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Couple

Courtship and Engagement

Marriage

Housekeeping and Household Production

Married Life

Parents and Children

Childbirth and Infancy

Childhood

Childhood Accidents,Illness, and Death

Parent-Child Relationships

Kinship and Community

Domestic Rituals and Celebrations

Family Sociability

Mutual Assistance and Reciprocity

Family Correspondence

Conclusion

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-361) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86080-1

9786612860805

0-7735-7065-9

OCLC:

929121638