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Thechoicetoindustrializehaschangedtheworldmorethananyotherdecisioninhumanhistory.AndyetthethreeprevailingexplanationsthetechnicalnewenergysourcestheMarxistnewsocialrelationsandtheneo-liberalpeoplebecamemoreindustriousareinadequateinmakingsenseofthisfundamentalchange.Inmid-nineteenth-centuryMontrealasinotherearlyindustrializingsocietieschangeoccurredasaresultofthechoicespeoplemadewhenfacedwithunprecedentedopportunitiesandconstraints.Montrealwastherstcolonialcitytoindustrialize.ItsoverlappingFrenchandEnglishlegaltraditionsmeanthatpeoplesactionswereexceptionallywelldocumentedforaNorthAmericancity.RobertSweenysnovelreadingofsourcesleadshimtodevelopimportantcritiquesofbothmainstreamandpro-gressivehistoriography.Heshowshowthechoicetoindustrializewastiedtothedevelopmentofcompletelynewwaysofthinkingabouttheworldonthreeinter-relatedlevelshowshouldwerelatetoeachothertopropertyandtonatureSweenyilluminatesthepersonalandfamilialdecisionsthattensofthousandsofpeoplemadebythemid-nineteenthcenturywhichalreadypreguredmuchofwhatindustrializedMontrealwouldlooklikein1880.AtamomentwhenglobalconictistiedtoresourcesandclimatechangeSweenyshowshowfundamentaldecisionmakingcandeterminewidespreadsocialchange.InformedbyfourdecadesofscholarshipWhyDidWeChoosetoIndustrializeisapoliticallyengagedargumentabouthistoryasustainedreec-tiononsourcesandmethodinhistoricalpracticeandasingularvantagepointontheideasthathaveshapedhistoricalunderstandingsofindustrialization.RobertC.H.SweenyisprofessorofhistoryatMemorialUniversity.Duringatimeofsignicantdemographicgeographicandsocialtransitionmanywomeninearlynineteenth-centuryMontrealturnedtoprostitutionandbrothel-keepingtofeedclotheprotectandhousethemselvesandtheirfami-lies.BeyondBrutalPassionsisaclosestudyofthewomenwhowereaccusedofmarketingsextheireconomicandsocialsusceptibilitiesandthestrategiestheyemployedtoresistauthorityandasserttheirownagency.ReferencingnewspapersparishregisterscensusreturnscoronersreportscitydirectoriesdocumentsofCatholicandProtestantinstitutionspolicebooksandcourtrecordsMaryAnnePoutanenrevealshowthesewomenconfrontedlimitedalternativesandhowtheyfoughtagainstestablishedauthorityinthepursuitoftheirlivelihoods.Shedetailsthesewomenslivesnotonlyasprostitutesbutalsoaswivesmotherssistersanddaughterswhoreconstructedthebondsofkinshipandsolidarity.AninsightfulhistoryofprostitutionBeyondBrutalPassionsexploresthecomplicatedrelationshipsbetweenwomenaccusedofprostitutionandthesocietyinwhichtheylivedandworked.MaryAnnePoutanenteachesintheDepartmentofHistoryatConcordiaUniversityintheProgrammedtudessurleQubecatMcGillUniversityandattheMcGillInstitutefortheStudyofCanada.23MQUPSPRING2015SPECIFICATIONSStudiesontheHistoryofQuebectudesdhistoireduQubecJune2015978-0-7735-4534-234.95TCDN34.95TUS22.99paper978-0-7735-4533-5100.00SCDN100.00SUS76.00cloth6x9416pp6maps9drawings18diagramse-bookavailableSPECIFICATIONSStudiesontheHistoryofQuebectudesdhistoireduQubecJune2015978-0-7735-4538-039.95ACDN39.95AUS25.99paper978-0-7735-4537-3100.00SCDN100.00SUS76.00cloth6x9464pp72gures3fold-outmaps10tablese-bookavailableCANADIANHISTORYGENDERSTUDIESBeyondBrutalPassionsProstitutioninEarlyNineteenth-CenturyMontrealmaryannepoutanenAsocialhistoryexploringtheintersectionsbetweenthoseaccusedofprostitutiontheirneighboursfamiliesclientsandcriminaljustice.CANADIANHISTORYHISTORICALGEOGRAPHYWhyDidWeChoosetoIndustrializeMontreal18191849robertc.h.sweenyAnewanalysisofthefactorsandhumanchoiceattheheartofindustrializationandsocialchange.