Publication

2000 - McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Québec (Province)

Language

English

Word Count

60,750 words, Guess

Page Count

243 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number99900671
  • Goodreads4265588

Classifications

  • LCCHT690.C22 H64 2000

Description

"Using the towns of Galt and Goderich as case studies, Andrew Holman shows how population growth, industrial change, and the expansion of government contributed to profound changes to Ontario's social structure between the 1850s and the 1890s with an identifiable and self-identified middle class emerging between the idle rich and the working class. Businessmen, professionals, and white-collar workers developed a new sense of authority that extended beyond the workplace, and local electors, breadwinners, and members of voluntary associations and reform societies set middle class standards of behavior that enjoyed currency and relevance throughout the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

GeneralHistoryHistoireCase studiesMiddle classSocial valuesEtudes de Cas

Places

CanadaOntarioGalt (Ont.)Goderich (Ont.)Galt (Cambridge, Ont.)Goderich (Ont. : Township)

Genres

  • Case studies

Other Editions

  • A sense of their duty: middle-class formation in Victorian Ontario townsMcGill-Queen's University Press2000-01-01

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