Peopling the North American City: Montreal, 1840-1900

Sherry Olson; Patricia Thornton

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2011

Peopling the North American City

Montreal, 1840-1900

Sherry Olson and Patricia Thornton

Volume 222 in the series Carleton Library Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773586000

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About this book

Many North American cities trace their population booms to the nineteenth century when immigrants and migrants flooded emerging industrializing urban centres in search of better lives. Peopling the North American City examines this phenomenon in Montreal through the eyes of a thousand couples to construct both an intimate portrait and a compelling overview of life in a nineteenth-century metropolis.

Author / Editor information

Sherry Olson is a professor emerita in the Department of Geography at McGill University.

Patricia Thornton is a professor in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment at Concordia University.

Reviews

"The authors cannot reconstruct conversations, but they still want us to remember that there were 'long evenings of discussions, fits of indignation, tears of rage, volleys of profanity, and peals of laughter.' These instincts for life in the city make Peopling the North American City an exceptionally good book." John C. Weaver, McMaster University
"A first class addition to North American historical demography, with an ambition to reach a much broader audience. Olson and Thornton are experienced, informed researchers, and their scholarship is exemplary." Gordon Darroch, York University

"Voici donc un livre important, imposant avec ses 500 pages et plus, illustré abondamment avec de magnifiques photographies et gravures de l'époque, écrit dans un anglais à la fois élégant, précis et coloré, et qui témoigne amplement de la grande générosi

"The authors cannot reconstruct conversations, but they still want us to remember that there were 'long evenings of discussions, fits of indignation, tears of rage, volleys of profanity, and peals of laughter.' These instincts for life in the city make Peopling the North American City an exceptionally good book." John C. Weaver, McMaster University "A first class addition to North American historical demography, with an ambition to reach a much broader audience. Olson and Thornton are experienced, informed researchers, and their scholarship is exemplary." Gordon Darroch, York University

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
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Trajectories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Tracking a Population Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
The Drawing Power of the City Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
The Hazards of City Living Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
The Pace of Family Formation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
The Marriage Partnership in Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Emerging Opportunities in the Urban Economy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
Facing Risk: The Elastic Household Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
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City Folks in Their Rural Contexts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
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Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 544
Illustrations
- Other: 26 b&w photos

eBook

Published: June 22, 2011
ISBN: 9780773586000