Home, Work, and Play: Situating Canadian Social History - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199010862 ISBN 13: 9780199010868

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Featuring engaging articles by some of Canada's finest historians, this expertly crafted volume explores a wide range of topics and social issues - including constructions of gender and social status, participation in labour, access to education and health care, and more. Well-rounded and up-to-date, this new edition provides balanced coverage of pre- and post-Confederation Canada to help students understand how Canadians have interpreted and experienced home, work, and play across time.

About this title

About the Author

James Opp is an associate professor in the department of history at Carleton University. He assisted in the development of the Canadian social history course at Carleton and has written a variety of papers in addition to his work as an editor on Home, Work, and Play. John C. Walsh is an assistant professor in the department of history at Carleton University. He currently teaches the Canadian social history course and is actively conducting research on community and identity and the cultures of space and time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199010862
• ISBN 13: 9780199010868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: James Opp, John C. Walsh