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Autore: | Van Die Marguerite |
Titolo: | Religion, family, and community in Victorian Canada [[electronic resource] ] : the Colbys of Carrollcroft / / Marguerite Van Die |
Pubblicazione: | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
Disciplina: | 280/.4097109034 |
Soggetto topico: | Families - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Families - Religious life - Canada | |
Evangelicalism - Canada - History - 19th century | |
Religion and sociology - Canada | |
Soggetto geografico: | Stanstead (Québec) Biography |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | A world in transition : God, idenitity, and family -- Redefining family identity : the convergence of moral philosophy, romanticism, and evangelical religion -- Faith, hope, and charity : religion, women, and the new economic order -- Time, faith, energy : religion and the spirit of capitalism -- Nurture and education : the Christian home -- Family, community, and religion -- Protestants, social harmony, and moral order. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Van Die, a sympathetic and perceptive observer and a gifted and deft interpreter, describes the lives of the Colbys of Carrollcroft - members of Canada's emerging economic elite who were active in the local community, public life, and politics - drawing attention to the links connecting domestic religion and private life, business concerns, and social change in one family's life over three generations. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Religion, family, and community in Victorian Canada |
ISBN: | 0-7735-7677-0 |
1-282-86721-0 | |
9786612867217 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910790442803321 |
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