Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Montreal

Bettina Bradbury is a member of the History andWomen's Studies Departments at York University. TamaraMyers is a member of the Department of History at theUniversity of Winnipeg. Contributors: BettinaBradbury, Marie-Eve Harbec, Karine Hébert, TamaraMyers, Mary Anne Poutanen, Darcy Ingram, Jarrett Rudy, AnnaShea and Suzanne Morton, Sylvie Taschereau, and Brian Young

• 1. Introduction: Negotiating Identities in Nineteenth- andTwentieth-Century Montreal / Bettina Bradbury and TamaraMyersPart 1: Homes and Homelessness2. Bonds of Friendship, Kinship, and Community: Gender,Homelessness, and Mutual Aid in Early-Nineteenth-Century Montreal /Mary Anne Poutanen3. Saving the Union's Jack: The Montreal Sailors' Instituteand the Homeless Sailor, 1862-98 / Darcy Ingram4. Keeping Men Out of "Public or Semi-Public" Places: TheMontreal Day Shelter for Homeless Men, 1931-34 / Anna Shea andSuzanne MortonPart 2: Death, Burial, and Widowhood5. Death, Burial, and Protestant Identity in an Elite Family: TheMontreal McCords / Brian Young6. Widows Negotiate the Law: The First Year of Widowhood inEarly-Nineteenth-Century Montreal / Bettina BradburyPart 3: Youth, Institutions, and Identities7. The Ideal Education to Construct an Ideal World: The DunhamLadies' College and the Anglican Elite of the Montreal Diocese,1860-1913 / Marie-Eve Harbec, translated by Yvonne Klein8. On Probation: The Rise and Fall of Jewish Women'sAnti-Delinquency Work in Interwar Montreal / Tamara Myers9. From Tomorrow's Elite to Young Intellectual Workers: TheSearch for Identity among Montreal University Students, 1900-58 /Karine Hébert, translated by Steven WattPart 4: Selling and Consumption10. "Behind the Store": Montreal Shopkeeping FamiliesBetween the Wars / Sylvie Taschereau, translated by YvonneKlein11. A Ritual Transformed: Women Smokers in Montreal, 1888-1950 /Jarrett RudyIndex

"This book combines a number of key topics that greatly enhance historians' understanding of Montreal's cultural diversity. Scholars with a wide range of interests - those studying identity formation, the public/private divide, agency and regulation, consumer behavior, and collective memory - will find this an illuminating and valuable volume." - Alan Gordon, author of Making Public Pasts: The Contested Terrain of Montreal's Public Memories"