Engendering the State: Family, Work, and Welfare in Canada

by Nancy Christie

Book Overview

In the early part of this century the mother was the educator and moral centre of the Canadian household. Between the onset of the First World War and the development of the modern social security state in the 1940s, however, an ideological shift took place. While Canada endured the effects of two world wars, industrialization, and economic and political crises, welfare entitlements based on family reproduction were replaced by state policies that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802083218
• ISBN13: 9780802083210
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher