| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 502 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-483) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1 : Marriage, identity, and the law. 1 Marriage metropole : mobility and marriage in early-nineteenth century Montreal; 2 Companionate patriarchies : money matters and marriage; 3 Marriage trajectories : class, choices, and chance; 4 "Dower this barbarous law" : debating marriage and widows' rights; 5 Imagining widowhood and death : marriage contracts, wills, and funeral provisions. |
| Summary |
The diversity of women's lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Married women -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Married women. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 19th century.
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Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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History. |
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Widows -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Widows. |
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Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Québec (Province) -- History -- 19th century.
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Widows -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Montréal (Québec) -- History -- 19th century.
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Montréal (Québec) -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bradbury, Bettina, 1949- Wife to widow. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011 9780774819510 (OCoLC)701309397 |
| ISBN |
9780774819534 (electronic book) |
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0774819537 (electronic book) |
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9781283245524 |
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1283245523 |
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9780774819510 |
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0774819510 |
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9780774819527 (paperback) |
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9780774819541 (epub) |
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