{"product_id":"i-wish-to-keep-a-record-9781487500290","title":"I wish to keep a record","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI wish to keep a record is the first book to focus exclusively on the life-course experiences of nineteenth-century New Brunswick women. Gail G. Campbell offers an interpretive scholarly analysis of 28 women's diaries while enticing readers to listen to the voices of the diarists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a volume that is a must read for those who are engaged in the history of New Brunswick and for those who themselves are trying to tease out the stories of women in the nineteenth- century settler world of North America.’ -- Jane Errington * Acadiensis, August 2017 *\u003cbr\u003e\"These diaries present an engaging sense of history from below, as lived and felt by its participants…Consistently well documented, this study nicely positions the lives of these New Brunswick women within the larger context of nineteenth-century women’s history.\" -- Carole Gerson * The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2: June 2018 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements    Preface    List of Diarists    Introduction        Chapter 1: The Diarists    Chapter 2: Reading 19th Century Diaries: the Historian's Perspective    Chapter 3: The Life Course in Demographic Context: Women's Experience    Chapter 4: Three Generations: Women of their Time and Place     Chapter 5: From Innocent Flirtation to Formal Courtship    Chapter 6: The World of the Family    Chapter 7: Households of Independent Women    Chapter 8: Sociability and Social Networks    Chapter 9: Schooling and Scholars    Chapter 10: A Sustaining Faith    Chapter 11: Work in the Home    Chapter 12: Beyond the Bounds of Family: Paid Work    Chapter 13: Politics and Social Reform    Chapter 14: A Cosmopolitan Outlook    Chapter 15: In the Midst of Life        Conclusion    Afterword    Appendix    Bibliography","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040563724631,"sku":"9781487500290","price":60.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487500290.jpg?v=1750947124","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/i-wish-to-keep-a-record-9781487500290","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}