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A 5 page discussion of the societal changes which occurred in Canada in the late 1800s, early 1900s. Relies on two books: Paul Voisey's "Vulcan: The Makings of a Prairie Community" and Joy Parr's "The Gender of Breadwinners: Women, Men, and Change in Two Industrial Towns, 1880-1950". Emphasizes that the changes which were occurring are attributable to both men and women, both simultaneously and unpredictably by class as well as gender. Concludes that many of these changes are attributable to the change in lifestyles which were occurring with the transition from an agriculture based society to an industrial one. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPCn20th.doc
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the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to the agricultural changes taking place in western Canada industrialization continued to alter work and society in central Canada. Two
authors in particular are helpful in analyzing the changes which occurred and the reasons behind those changes. One author is Paul Voisey in his discussion of Albertan society.
Voiseys "Vulcan: The Makings of a Prairie Community" joins Joy Parrs discussion of Ontario society, "The Gender of Breadwinners: Women, Men, and Change in Two Industrial Towns, 1880-1950" in illuminating
the social tensions and class conflicts in societies they describe as well as their treatment of the relationships between men and women which were an underlying current for the dramatic
changes which were occurring. The late 1800s through the early 1900s was a period when Canada was quickly transitioning form a subsistence pattern
which involved primarily agricultural pursuits to one which depended almost solely on complex machinery rather than the simpler hand tools which had characterized her earlier history. Factories were built
and outfitted with the needed machinery at a time which corresponded with societal need of both men and women. At the same time, however, the transition from an agrarian
subsistence base to an industrial one set in motion a number of societal factors which had to be dealt with. Masses
of people who had previously worked out their livelihoods in agricultural pursuits migrated to the cities to take up employment in the great factories which were opening their doors.
This transition from agricultural field to factory introduced a number of stresses which had not been present before in Canadian society. The new modes of transportation and the new
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