The Dawn of Canada's Century: Hidden Histories

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Famously Claimed That The Twentieth Century Would Be Canada's Century And, Indeed, Its Opening Decade Witnessed Remarkable Territorial, Demographic, And Social Transformations. Yet The Lives Of Those Who Lived And Laboured To Fashion These Changes Remain Largely Hidden From Historical View. The Dawn Of Canada's Century Presents Close And Systematic Interpretations Of Everyday Lives Based On The First National Sample Of The 1911 Census. Situating Early Twentieth-century Canada Within International Historical Population Studies, These Essays Provide New Ways To Understand Individuals' Lives And Connect Them To Larger Structural Changes.--pub. Desc. Part I. Introductions. New Sources: New Social Histories / Gordon Darroch -- The Ccri Geographical Files: Introduction And Examples / Byron Moldofsky. Part Ii. Canadian Diversities: Debates And Dimensions. Infrastructures Of Census Taking / Evelyn Ruppert -- Let Us Be Canadians!: The Debate Over Allowing Canadian As A Racial Origin In Early Twentieth-century Canadian Censuses / Adam J. Green -- Do Not Use For Comparison With Other Censuses: Identity, Politics, And Languages Commonly Spoken In 1911 Canada / Chad Gaffield, Byron Moldofsky, And Katharine Rollwagen -- Canada's Aboriginal Population: A Unique Historical Perspective / Gustave Goldmann. Part Iii. Social Spaces, Historical Places. Household Experiences In Canada's Early Twentieth-century Transformation / Gordon Darroch -- Aging And Social Reproduction In Canada, 1901-11 / Lisa Dillon -- Geography Of Encounter: Immigration, Ethnic Diversity, And Interethnic Relations Within Quebec, 1881-1911 / Danielle Gauvreau And Patricia Thornton. Part Iv. Locales In Transition. Trois-rivières And Its People: A Portrait Of A Smaller City In Transition At The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century / Claude Bellavance And France Normand -- A New Look At Confederation: Shifting Population Dynamics And Newfoundland's Relationship With Canada, 1869-1949 / Terry Quinlan And Sean T. Cadigan -- Individual And Familial Life Courses In Quebec City, 1871-1911: Some Considerations On Two Biographical Data Sets / Marc St-hilaire, Laurent Richard, And Richard Marcoux. Part V. Markets And Mobility: Class, Ethnicity, Gender. Labour Market Dynamics In Canada, 1891-1911: A First Look From New Census Samples / Kris Inwood, Mary Mackinnon, And Chris Minns -- The Vertical Mosaic Anticipated: Ancestral Origin, Occupational Status, And Earnings In Canada Before 1914 / Charles Jones And Stella Park Canada's Immigrants In 1911: A Class Analysis / Eric W. Sager -- The Worth Of Children And Women: Life Insurance In Early Twentieth-century Canada / Peter Baskerville. Edited By Gordon Darroch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.