History Post-confederation (1867-)
Family Life and Sociability in Upper and Lower Canada, 1780-1870
A View from Diaries and Family Correspondence
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2003
- Category
- Post-Confederation (1867-), General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773524453
- Publish Date
- Feb 2003
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773570658
- Publish Date
- Feb 2003
- List Price
- $110.00
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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 a professor of history at Nipissing University. Through her photography and by visiting local scenic spots she has became intimately familiar with the Nipissing area. Françoise is the author of Family and Community Life in Northeastern Ontario. She lives in North Bay, Ontario.
