Main entry:

Desloges, Yvon.

Title & Author:

A tenant's town : Québec in the 18th century / Yvon Desloges ; translated from the original French.

Publication:

Ottawa, Ont. : National Historic Sites, Park Service, Environment Canada, 1991.

Description:

299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Series:

Studies in archaeology, architecture and history, 0821-1027

Notes:
Translation of: Une ville de locataires.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295).
Introduction -- Note to readers -- Part 1 : Population -- Demographic characteristics, 1688-1755 -- Of men, neighbourhoods and trades -- Part II : Housing conditions -- The urban landscape -- A tenant's town -- Part III : Consumption and production -- The domestic environment -- Insecurity in the midst of property -- Eiplogues -- Appendix A : The value of succession inventories in Québec between 1690 and 1749 -- Appendix B : Price index fluctuations -- Appendix C : Distribution of heads of household by district and street in accordance with their trades, 1716-44 -- Appendix D : The 1716 census -- Appendix E : The 1744 census -- Abbreviations and acronyms.

Summary:

Nowadays urban Quebecers are known to be a "society of tenants." This sociological characteristic does not originate in the 20th century. As early as the first half of the eighteenth century, tenants became the majority (60%) in the city of Québec. Today this ratio is 70%. Then and up until recently, people moved on 1 May. Three words sum up the 18th-century urban society: mobility, competition and impoverishment. This is what stands out in the demographic, economic and material analysis of various socio-professional groups that composed this pre-industrial town.

ISBN:

066014204X
9780660142043

Subject:

Economic history.
Population.
Social conditions
Québec (Québec) History.
Québec (Québec) Economic conditions.
Québec (Québec) Social conditions.
Québec (Québec) Population History 18th century.
Québec (Québec) Conditions sociales.
Québec (Québec) Conditions économiques.
Québec (Québec) Histoire.
Québec (Québec) Population.
Québec Québec.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Studies in archaeology, architecture, and history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 240774
Call No.: BIB 170691
Status: Available