Family Life and Sociability in Upper and Lower Canada, 1780-1870: A View from Diaries and Family Correspondence

· McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
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384
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Eligible

About this ebook

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.

About the author

Françoise Noël is professor of history, Nipissing University, and the author of several books, including Family Life and Sociability in Upper and Lower Canada.

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