An alcoholic, insane, or financially reckless relative could spell disaster for families struggling to adapt to industrial capitalism in nineteenth-century Montreal. Faced with the possible decline of their social status and fearing for their respectability, many households filed for judicial interdictions depriving deviant members of civil capacity and sometimes confining them to institutions. Based on an analysis of over five hundred interdiction proceedings initiated between 1820 and 1895, Fous, Prodigues, Ivrognes examines the interactions between the families, the legal system, and...
An alcoholic, insane, or financially reckless relative could spell disaster for families struggling to adapt to industrial capitalism in nineteenth-ce...
Examines the interactions between families, the legal system, and doctors involved in the regulation of deviance in nineteenth-century Montreal. Moving away from the traditional focus on institutions, this book looks at the family - rather than the state or the medical profession - as the primary site for defining a range of deviant behaviours.
Examines the interactions between families, the legal system, and doctors involved in the regulation of deviance in nineteenth-century Montreal. Movin...
