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A CITY OF TENANTS: HOMEOWNERSHIP AND SOCIAL CLASS IN MONTREAL, 1847–1881
Author(s) -
Hertzog Stephen,
Lewis Robert D.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1986.tb01225.x
Subject(s) - bourgeoisie , industrialisation , humanities , sociology , demographic economics , geography , economy , welfare economics , political science , economics , art , market economy , politics , law
Over the years 1847 to 1881, as Montreal industrialized, the rate of homeownership declined from 31.6 per cent to 14.7 per cent. From a selection of occupations representative of social classes, it is shown that the large working class was dispossessed, while homeownership increased among the bourgeoisie. Distinctive occupational profiles are reported for homeowners, absentee owners, and resident owners of duplexes and their tenants. Au cours de la période d'industrialisation des années 1847 à 1881, Montréal est devenue une ville de loca‐laires. Le pourcentage de propriétaires‐occupants a chuté de 3 7,6 pour cent à 14,7 pour cent. A partir d'un èchantillon des occupations qui caractérisent chaque classe sociale, on découvre que chez les ouvriers le taux a fortement diminué, alors que dans la bourgeoisie il a augmenté. On trace le profil socio‐professionnel de plu‐sieurs catégories de propriétaires et de locataires, en dis‐tinguant le propriétaire‐occupant du non‐occupant, I'habitat unifamilial du duplex.

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