Peopling the North American City: Montreal, 1840-1900 Volume 222

by Sherry Olson and Patricia Thornton

Benefiting from Montreal's remarkable archival records, Sherry Olson and Patricia Thornton use an ingenious sampling of twelve surnames to track the comings and goings, births, deaths, and marriages of the city's inhabitants. The book demonstrates the importance of individual decisions by outlining the circumstances in which people decided where to move, when to marry, and what work to do. Integrating social and spatial analysis, the authors provide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773538313
• ISBN13: 9780773538313
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"