Peopling the North American City; Montreal, 1840-1900 (Publisher series: Carleton Library Series--Peopling the North American City; Montreal 1840-1900; Carleton Library Series.)

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 978-0-7735-3831-3 [978-0-7735-3831-3] 2011. (Trade paperback) 524pp. Near fine. Graphs, maps, tables, illustrations, photographs, diagrams, appendices, notes, bibliography, indices. "Many North American cities trace their population booms to the nineteenth century when people flooded into emerging industrializing urban centres in search of better lives. Peopling the North American City examines this phenomenon in Montreal, using information from a thousand couples to construct both an intimate portrait and a compelling overview of life in a nineteenth-century metropolis". Time Period 1840-1900 & 19th Century. Publisher series: Carleton Library Series #222 Peopling the North American City; Montreal 1840-1900). Locale: ; Canada; Montreal--Quebec. (Canada, Archives, Cities, Class Structure, Daily Life, Social Conditions, Social History, Urban Life).