1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154730803321

Titolo

"I want to join your club" : letters from rural children, 1900-1920 / / Norah L. Lewis, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c1996

ISBN

9786613810670

9781554587308

1554587301

9781282232938

1282232932

9780889207301

0889207305

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Life writing ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

LewisNorah Lillian <1935->

Disciplina

305.23/0971

Soggetti

Rural children - Canada

Canada Rural conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-12).

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; """"We Were Nine Days Coming Out"": By Ship, by Train by Wagon""; """"I Have Two Sisters and a Brother"": Family and Community Life""; """"We Have No School Here"": Education and Schooling""; """"I Have a Pony"": Children and Their Pets""; """"I Want to Tell You of the Fun We Had Today"": Games, Hobbies, Clubs, and Community Events""; """"I Have Been Trapping This Year"": Hunting, Trapping, and Fishing""; """"My Father Is Both Fisherman and Farmer"": Occupations and Vocations""

""""I Shall Be a Farmer"": Life and Work on the Farm and Ranch""""""A Story That Is a Little Tragic"": Drama, Trauma, and Childhood Adventures""; """"My Father Has Enlisted"": Children and the First World War""; """"I Worked in a Pulp-Mill"": Part of the Work Force""

Sommario/riassunto

“I am a girl, 13 years old, and a proper broncho buster. I can cook and do housework, but I just love to ride.” In letters written to the children’s pages of newspapers, we hear the clear and authentic voices of real children who lived in rural Canada and Newfoundland between 1900



and 1920. Children tell us about their families, their schools, jobs and communities and the suffering caused by the terrible costs of World War I. We read of shared common experiences of isolation, hard work, few amenities, limited educational opportunities, restricted social life and heavy responsibilities, but also of satisfaction over skills mastered and work performed. Though often hard, children’s lives reflected a hopeful and expanding future, and their letters recount their skills and determination as well as family lore and community histories. Children both make and participate in history, but until recently their role has been largely ignored. In “I Want to Join Your Club,” Lewis provides direct evidence that children’s lives, like adults’, have both continuity and change and form part of the warp and woof of the social fabric.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910892523703321

Titolo

Akademia w Mieście : półrocznik Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gdańsk, : Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, 2017-

Descrizione fisica

Online-Ressource

Classificazione

KUNST

Disciplina

700

Soggetti

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Polacco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

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