Families in Transition: Industry and Population in Nineteenth-Century Saint-Hyacinthe

by Gossage, Peter

First Edition, First Printing

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Book desription: Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999. Tightly bound in black boards with gilt lettering on spine; xvii(2)299 pages including index, bibliography, and notes, plus 18 unnumbered pages of B&W photos; numerous tables, graphs, and other illustrations throughout the text; tiny bumps to spine ends and two corners, otherwise fine. Black dust jacket with photo of a 19th century Quebec family on front, has just a bit of edge wrinkling, and is now protected in a clear, archival quality sleeve. Author Peter Gossage uses family reconstruction analysis to focus on marriage, household organization, and family size in the context of social and economic change in the newly industrialized Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. He demonstrates that family formation was profoundly affected as couples adjusted to the new, urban industrial setting.. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 15 cm x 23 cm / 6" x 9".

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