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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461267003321

Autore

Lanning Robert

Titolo

The national album [[electronic resource] ] : collective biography and the formation of the Canadian middle class / / Robert Lanning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Ottawa, Ont.?], : Carleton University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-283-53106-2

9786613843517

0-7735-8291-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages)

Collana

Carleton library series ; ; 186

Disciplina

971/.0072

Soggetti

Middle class - Canada - History - 19th century

Biographers - Canada

Electronic books.

Canada Biography History and criticism

Canada Biography Dictionaries History

Canada Biography Dictionaries Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Role of Biography in Social and Historical Studies. Biography and History, People and Cultures. Historical Sociology and Collective Biography -- 2. The Victorian Context. The Progress of Canadian Culture. The Meaning of Democracy and Equality in a Developing Culture. Success. Character as a Bridge for Social Change. Samuel Smiles and the Sanctity of Individual Effort. Phrenology: Physiognomy as an Image of Social Place -- 3. The Biographers at Work. The Proper Data for the Object Lesson. Creating a Biographical Dictionary: Morgan's Method. The Basic Data of Biographical Representation. Three Representative Men -- 4. Social Mobility and Group Affiliation. Horizontal Mobility as the Retention of Generational Power. Group Affiliation and Social Participation. Shared Affiliation in Two National Organizations. Group Affiliation at the Local Level. Levels of Social Participation -- 5. Representative Distinctions Men and Women in the Collective Biographies. "Differentiation" and "Fidelity": A Cultural Analysis of Gender Representation -- 6. The Structure of Feeling in the



Emerging Middle Class. Personality Characteristics of Biographical Subjects. The Emergence of a Mediating Class. The Professional Ideal and the Middle Class. Appendix. A Note on Methodology.