The Dawn of Canada's Century: Hidden Histories 9780773589391
An illuminating look at the people who helped shape the twentieth century in Canada.
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Table of contents :
Cover
THE DAWN OF CANADA’S CENTURY
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Copyright
CONTENTS
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Acknowledgments
PART I INTRODUCTIONS
1 New Sources: New Social Histories
2 The CCRI Geographical Files: Introduction and Examples
PART II CANADIAN DIVERSITIES: DEBATES AND DIMENSIONS
3 Infrastructures of Census Taking
4 “Let Us Be Canadians!”: The Debate Over Allowing “Canadian” as a Racial Origin in Early Twentieth-Century Canadian Censuses
5 “Do Not Use for Comparison with Other Censuses”: Identity, Politics, and Languages Commonly Spoken in 1911 Canada
6 Canada’s Aboriginal Population: A Unique Historical Perspective
PART III SOCIAL SPACES, HISTORICAL PLACES
7 Household Experiences in Canada’s Early Twentieth-Century Transformation
8 Aging and Social Reproduction in Canada, 1901–11
9 Geography of Encounter: Immigration, Ethnic Diversity, and Interethnic Relations within Quebec, 1881–1911
PART IV LOCALES IN TRANSITION
10 Trois-Rivières and Its People: A Portrait of a Smaller City in Transition at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
11 A New Look at Confederation: Shifting Population Dynamics and Newfoundland’s Relationship with Canada, 1869–1949
12 Individual and Familial Life Courses in Quebec City, 1871–1911: Some Considerations on Two Biographical Data Sets
PART V MARKETS AND MOBILITY: CLASS, ETHNICITY, GENDER
13 Labour Market Dynamics in Canada, 1891–1911: A First Look from New Census Samples
14 The Vertical Mosaic Anticipated: Ancestral Origin, Occupational Status, and Earnings in Canada before 1914
15 Canada’s Immigrants in 1911: A Class Analysis
16 The Worth of Children and Women: Life Insurance in Early Twentieth-Century Canada
Contributors
Index
