Hearts and minds Canadian romance at the dawn of the modern era, 1900-1930

"What was romance like for Canadians a century ago? What qualities did men and women look for in prospective mates? How did they find suitable partners in difficult circumstances such as frontier isolation and parental disapproval? How did courtship proceed in the immediate post-Victorian era, when traditional romantic ideals and etiquette were colliding with the modern realities faced by ordinary people? Searching for answers, Dan Azoulay has turned to a variety of primary sources, in particular letters to the "correspondence columns" of two leading periodicals of the era, Montreal's Family Herald and Weekly Star, and Winnipeg's Western Home Monthly. Examining over 20,000 such letters, Azoulay has produced the first full-length study of Canadian romance in the years 1900 to 1930, a period that witnessed dramatic changes, including massive immigration, rapid urbanization and industrialization, western settlement, a world war that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of young Canadians, and a virtual revolution in morals and manners."
"Explores four key aspects of romance for the years 1900 to 1930: what average Canadians sought in a marriage partner; the specific rules they were expected to follow and in most cases did follow in their romantic quest; the many hardships they endured along the way; and, how the defining event of that era the Great War affected such things."

"Hearts and minds Canadian romance at the dawn of the modern era, 1900-1930"
"Hearts and minds : Canadian romance at the dawn of the modern era, 1900-1930"
"Hearts and minds : Canadian romance at the dawn of the modern era, 1900 - 1930"
"Hearts and Minds: Canadian Romance at the Dawn of the Modern Era, 1900-1930"