Childhood and Family in Canadian History

Drawing on archeological evidence, paintings, photographs, census records, case files, and parish rolls, the contributors to this collection of original essays draw a fascinating portrait of the lives of Canadian children from the seventeenth century onward, describing child labor practices,
the many different models of child-rearing, the family structure and economy and the lives of children in and outside of institutions. Together, these articles constitute a strong, rich addition to Canadian social history.

Reviews

What is becoming clear is that an abstracted notion of a “childhood” shared by all Canadian children is none too helpful. Instead, we need to recognize that the centre of all this fluster in Victorian Canada was really the working-class family. No one has been making this case more effectively than Joy Parr.

Craig Heron, Acadiensis

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