Family and community life in northeastern Ontario : the interwar years /

Family and community life in northeastern Ontario : the interwar years /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Noël, Françoise, 1952-
Imprint:	Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 349 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits
Language:	English
Subject:	Families -- Ontario, Northern -- 20th century. Community life -- Ontario, Northern -- History -- 20th century. Community life. Families. Manners and customs. Ontario, Northern -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Northern Ontario. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11260605

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ISBN:	9780773576148 0773576142 9780773583702 077358370X 9780773535923 0773535926 9780773535916 0773535918
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-332) and index.
Summary:	Annotation Franoise Nol explores the social context of Canada_s most famous family to show how family ritual and communal events structured everyday life between the Wars. An extensive series of interviews with local residents and a reconstruction of local news and events as chronicled inThe Nuggetnewspaper, among other sources, allow Nol to bring to life the daily routines and celebrations that were a part of family life in rural and urban settings from Mattawa to North Bay. Family life was not lived in isolation, and she also reveals the rich community life that developed in shared social spaces like schools and churches, and through community groups. What people did for fun may have been frivolous but it was not trivial: accounts of shared leisure activities, popular sports, and community festivals such as Old Home Week provide important insights into the structure and value of community life. While the question of relations between French-speaking, English-speaking, and other Canadians and immigrants has often been analysed in terms of conflicts, Noel shows the extent to which such communities lived side by side in relative harmony during the inter-war years, although such harmony was often achieved by minimizing the extent of inter-community interaction.Family and Community Life in Northeastern Ontarioprovides a detailed perspective on family and community life outside the larger Canadian urban centres that have been the focus of much previous scholarly study.
Other form:	Print version: Noël, Françoise, 1952- Family and community life in northeastern Ontario. Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 9780773535923

Table of Contents:

Population origins and growth
Family life and household economy in town and country
Family celebrations and domestic occasions
Rite-of-passage rituals
Building communities of faith
The elementary school experience
"Delayed responsibility" : high school and normal school
Community recreation and leisure
Community building through sports
Community celebrations.