City Lives and City Forms : Critical Research and Canadian Urbanism

Focusing on a series of pivotal issues confronting Canadian cities and city-dwellers today, this volume address key themes in urban studies, including the interaction between social relations and urban landscape. Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Contributors 9 Introduction 13 Part 1: People, Places, Cultures 25 1. The New Middle Class in Canadian Central Cities 25 2. Monster Homes: Hong Kong Immigration to Canada, Urban Conflicts, and Contested Representations of Space 43 3. 'Urban' and 'Aboriginal': An Impossible Contradiction? 57 4. Excavating Toronto's Underground Streets: In Search of Equitable Rights, Rules, and Revenue 73 5. Feel Good Here? Relationships between Bodies and Urban Environments 92 6. Metropolis Unbound: Legislators and Interpreters of Urban Form 108 Part 2: The Economy of Cities 141 7. Economic Restructuring and the Diversification of Gentrification in the 1980s: A View from a Marginal Metropolis 141 8. Restructuring the Local State: Economic Development and Local Public Enterprise in Toronto 183 9. The Impact of Global Finance in Urban Structural Change: The International Banking Centre Controversy 205 10. Women and Work in a Canadian Community 225 11. Unemployment and Labour Markets in Hamilton during the Great Depression 249 Part 3: Urban Social Movements 273 12. New Social Movements and Women's Urban Activism 273 13. Anti-Racism Organizing and Resistance: Blacks in Urban Canada, 1940s-1970s 292 14. Challenging Spatial Control of the City: Capitalism, Ecological Crisis, and the Environmental Movement 313 15. Victoria Regina: Social Movements and Political Space 334

Focusing on a series of pivotal issues confronting Canadian cities and city-dwellers today, this volume address key themes in urban studies:the interaction between social relations and urban landscape, the status of the city in the new world economy, and the sociocultural complexity of urban populations. The fifteen essays presented here reflect the current preoccupations and perspectives of critically oriented urban researchers in Canada. The essays in Part 1, 'People, Places, Cultures,' examine the nature of urban space and the links between this space and social relations, illustrating the fundamental principle that urban spaces are 'built values' and 'built politics' - physical expressions of social process. Part 2, 'The Economy of Cities,' explores recent fundamental shifts in the economic character of Canadian cities, whose effect on the social and physical landscapes has been as dramatic as the explosive onset of industrialism was in the last century. Part 3, 'Urban Social Movements,' focuses on the practices of social movements, including those oriented to gender, race, and the environment.

Consisting largely of applied case studies, rather than broad thematic essays, City Lives and City Forms presents an overall argument for focused critical research in the urban field and suggests possible directions for the future.

Focusing on a series of pivotal issues confronting Canadian cities and city-dwellers today, this volume address key themes in urban studies:the interaction between social relations and urban landscape, the status of the city in the new world economy, and the sociocultural complexity of urban populations. The fifteen essays presented here reflect the current preoccupations and perspectives of critically oriented urban researchers in Canada. The essays in Part 1, 'People, Places, Cultures, ' examine the nature of urban space and the links between this space and social relations, illustrating the fundamental principle that urban spaces are 'built values' and 'built politics' - physical expressions of social process. Part 2, 'The Economy of Cities, ' explores recent fundamental shifts in the economic character of Canadian cities, whose effect on the social and physical landscapes has been as dramatic as the explosive onset of industrialism was in the last century. Part 3, 'Urban Social Movements, ' focuses on the practices of social movements, including those oriented to gender, race, and the environment. Consisting largely of applied case studies, rather than broad thematic essays, City Lives and City Forms presents an overall argument for focused critical research in the urban field and suggests possible directions for the future Introduction / Jon Caulfield -- Pt. 1. People, Places, Cultures. 1. The New Middle Class In Canadian Central Cities / David Ley. 2. Monster Homes: Hong Kong Immigration To Canada, Urban Conflicts, And Contested Representations Of Space / Alan Smart And Josephine Smart. 3. 'urban' And 'aboriginal': An Impossible Contradiction? / Evelyn Peters. 4. Excavating Toronto's Underground Streets: In Search Of Equitable Rights, Rules, And Revenue / Jeffrey Hopkins. 5. Feel Good Here? Relationships Between Bodies And Urban Environments / Rob Shields. 6. Metropolis Unbound: Legislators And Interpreters Of Urban Form / Engin F. Isin -- Pt. 2. The Economy Of Cities. 7. Economic Restructuring And The Diversification Of Gentrification In The 1980s: A View From A Marginal Metropolis / Damaris Rose. 8. Restructuring The Local State: Economic Development And Local Public Enterprise In Toronto / Graham Todd. Edited By Jon Caulfield And Linda Peake. Includes Bibliographical References.