The People of Hamilton, Canada West, Family and Class in a Mid-Nineteenth Century City
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. 8vo., 381 pp. Index, notes, maps, figures, tables. First print. Reconstructs the social structure, life cycle, and domestic relations within a mid-nineteenth century Canadian city. The analysis draws on the records of the population found on the manuscript census, assessment rolls, city directories, newspapers, and other sources. With the aid of the computer and automated techniques of tracing the experiences of individual people over time, he has explored the relationships between inequality, ethnicity, sex, mobility, transiency, household structure, and coming of age during a period of profound social change. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket that has a few stains to the covers. Item #620202607
Price: $35.00