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Item Details
Title:
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WIFE TO WIDOW
LIVES, LAWS, AND POLITICS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY MONTREAL |
By: |
Bettina Bradbury |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£35.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0774819529 |
ISBN 13: |
9780774819527 |
Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 January, 2012 |
Pages: |
520 |
Description: |
The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada. |
Synopsis: |
A compelling study that will capture the attention of historians, sociologists, feminist scholars, political scientists, cultural and social geographers, and anyone with an interest in the changing roles of women across the life-cycle and through history. |
Illustrations: |
2 maps, 38 b&w photos, 18 graphs, 3 tables |
Publication: |
Canada |
Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
Prizes: |
Winner of Clio Award for Quebec, Canadian Historical Association 2012 (Canada)
Winner of Prix Lionel Groulx, L'Institut d'histoire de l'Amerique francaise
Short-listed for Canadian Political History Book Prize, Canadian Historical
Short-listed for Sir John A. Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical
Short-listed for The Francois-Xavier Garneau Medal, Canadian HIstorical
Short-listed for Canada Prize in Social Sciences, Canadian Federation for |
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