LEADER 03771oam 2200529 450 001 9910141816603321 005 20230621135407.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000409847 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000689842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11942939 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000689842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10620351 035 $a(PQKB)11504635 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000409847 100 $a20160829d2011 uy | 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHearts and minds $eCanadian romance at the dawn of the modern era, 1900-1930 /$fby Dan Azoulay 210 31$aCalgary :$cUniversity of Calgary Pres,s$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (289 pages) $cillustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aWhat was romance like for Canadians a century ago? What qualities did marriageable men and women look for in prospective mates? How did they find suitable partners in difficult circumstances such as frontier isolation and parental disapproval, and, when they did, how did courtship proceed in the immediate post-Victorian era, when traditional romantic ideals and etiquette were colliding with the modern realities faced by ordinary people? Searching for answers, Dan Azoulay has turned to a variety of primary sources, in particular letters to the "correspondence columns" of two leading periodicals of the era, Montreals Family Herald and Weekly Star, and Winnipegs Western Home Monthly. Examining over 20,000 such letters, Azoulay has produced the first full-length study of Canadian romance in the years 1900 to 1930, a period that witnessed dramatic changes, including massive immigration, rapid urbanization and industrialization, western settlement, a world war that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of young Canadians, and a virtual revolution in morals and manners. Hearts and Minds explores four key aspects of romance for these years: what average Canadians sought in a marriage partner; the specific rules they were expected to follow and in most cases did follow in their romantic quest; the many hardships they endured along the way; and how the defining event of that era - the Great War - affected such things. To explore these issues, Azoulay distils and analyzes evidence not only from letters of correspondents - featuring often poignant excerpts that bring the era to life for us - but also from contemporary general etiquette manuals, scholarly studies of courtship in this period, and, for the war years, a selection of soldiers letters, memoirs, and diaries. The result is an unforgettable and groundbreaking portrait of ordinary people grappling with romantic ideals and reality, trials and uncertainty, triumph and heartbreak, in a rapidly changing world. 606 $aCourtship$xHistory$y20th century$zCanada 606 $aMate selection$xHistory$y20th century$zCanada 606 $aMan-woman relationships$xHistory$y20th century$zCanada 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects$zCanada 606 $aAnthropology$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aManners & Customs$2HILCC 615 0$aCourtship$xHistory 615 0$aMate selection$xHistory 615 0$aMan-woman relationships$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects 615 7$aAnthropology 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aManners & Customs 676 $a392.4097109/041 700 $aAzoulay$b Dan$0801792 801 0$bPQKB 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910141816603321 996 $aHearts and minds$92101610 997 $aUNINA