Making do : women, family, and home in Montreal during the Great Depression / Denyse Baillargeon ; translated by Yvonne Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baillargeon, Denyse, 1954-

Contributor:

Klein, Yvonne M.

Series:

Studies in childhood and family in Canada.

Studies in childhood and family in Canada

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housewives--Québec (Province)--History.

Housewives.

Housewives--Québec (Province)--Montréal--History.

Depressions--1929--Québec (Province).

Depressions.

Women--Quebec (Province)--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Québec (Province)--Economic conditions.

Montréal (Québec)--Social conditions--20th century.

Montréal (Québec).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 1930's, popularized by the press and seared into our memories. But outside of a few distinctive stories gathered from the oral and anecdotal writings on strategies used to survive, we know next to nothing about the daily life of the working class during those long and hungry years. How did the families survive when the principal breadwinner was unemployed? How did they feed, shelter and clothe themselves

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

Notes:

Translation of: Ménagères au temps de la crise.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-92517-5

9786610925179

0-88920-887-5

OCLC:

753480540