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050 4 _aHT352.C22N65 1995
072 7 _aSOC010000
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082 0 4 _a971.6/225
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMorton, Suzanne
_eautore
245 1 0 _aIdeal Surroundings :
_bDomestic Life in a Working-Class Suburb in the 1920s /
_cSuzanne Morton.
264 1 _aToronto :
_bUniversity of Toronto Press,
_c[1995]
264 4 _c©1995
300 _a1 online resource (216 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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490 0 _aHeritage
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520 _aThe 1920s are seen by historians as a crucial period in the formation of the Canadian working class. In Ideal Surroundings, Suzanne Morton looks at a single working-class community as it responded to national and regional changes. Grounded in labour and feminist history, with a strong emphasis on domestic life, this analysis focuses on the relationship between gender ideals and the actual experience of different family members. The setting is Richmond Heights, a working-class suburb of Halifax that was constructed following the 1917 explosion that devastated a large section of the city. The Halifax Relief Commission, specially formed to respond to this incident, generated a unique set of historical records that provides an unusually intimate glimpse of domestic life. Drawing on these and other archives, Morton uncovers many critical challenges to working-class ideals. The male world-view in particular were seriously destabilized as economic transformation and unemployment left many men without the means to support their families, and as the daughters of Richmond Heights increasingly left their class-defined jobs for service and clerical positions. Drawing on recent theoretical and empirical work, Morton expertly combines interpretive and narrative material, creating a vivid portrayal of class dynamics in this critical postwar era. Her focus on the home and domesticity marks and innovative move towards the integration of gender in the study of Canadian history. (Studies in Gender and History)
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)
650 0 _aFamilies
_zNova Scotia
_zHalifax
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aSex role
_zNova Scotia
_zHalifax
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aSuburban life
_zNova Scotia
_zHalifax
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorking class
_zNova Scotia
_zHalifax
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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