Michael J Goodspeed

How Different It Was

Canadians at the Time of Confederation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Upending the portrait of the Victorian age as a time of stuffy morals and manners, How Different It Was reveals the chaotic years of early Canada. The lifestyles and daily struggles, the controversies and social values, the institutions and tensions in a tumultuous society of immigrants, aboriginals, farmers, workers, and officials.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 213mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781459736948
• ISBN-10: 145973694X
• Artikelnr.: 45515268

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Goodspeed is a historian and novelist. In addition to a successful writing career he has been an infantry officer and a manager in high-tech firms. He has lived and worked across Canada and on several continents. He lives on an acreage in Harrowsmith, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One Background to a New Nation
Chapter Two The Victorian Outlook
Chapter Three Turmoil in the Rest of the World
Chapter Four The Regions and First Peoples: Quebec
Chapter Five The Regions and First Peoples: Ontario
Chapter Six The Regions and First Peoples: The Atlantic Provinces
Chapter Seven The Regions and First Peoples: The West and the North
Chapter Eight The Immigrant Peoples: The Irish
Chapter Nine The Immigrant Peoples: The Scots
Chapter Ten The Immigrant Peoples: The French
Chapter Eleven The Immigrant Peoples: The English
Chapter Tweleve The Immigrant Peoples: The Era's New Minorities
Chapter Thirteen Rural Life
Chapter Fourteen Urban Life
Chapter Fifteen Domestic Life
Chapter Sixteen Attitudes and Beliefs
Chapter Seventeen Institutional Life
Chapter Eighteen Education, Media, and the Popular Arts
Chapter Nineteen Characteristics and Identity
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index