Family Life and Sociability in Upper and Lower Canada, 1780-1870: A View from Diaries and Family CorrespondenceShe notes that courtship usually took place within the social network of interactions with kin and neighbours and shows that family life was located in a broad social space that included people of various ages. By examining the correspondence and diaries of francophone and anglophone middle-class families of various faiths, Noël presents touching stories of family life in the Canadas in the early nineteenth century. |
Contents
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THE COUPLE | 17 |
PARENTS AND CHILDREN | 129 |
KINSHIP AND COMMUNITY | 189 |
Conclusion | 273 |
Appendix 1 | 277 |
Appendix 2 | 280 |
Notes | 281 |
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