The Canadian city : essays in urban and social history

The emphasis is on urban society, with new essays on social structure, the family, ethnicity and immigration, and religion. Other sections are devoted to urban growth, the physical environment, and urban government and reform. COVER CONTENTS I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION II. CITIES IN THE NEW WORLD: CANADIAN URBAN HISTORY BEFORE 1850 Introduction 1. "The Political Economy of Early Canadian Urban Development" 2. "Land Ownership and Society in Montreal: An Hypothesis" 3. "Metropolitan!sin and Toronto Re-examined, 1825-1850" III. METROPOLITAN GROWTH AND THE SPREAD OF THE URBAN NETWORK Introduction 4. "Currents of Change in Toronto, 1850-1900" 5. "The National Policy and the Industrialization of the Mahtimes, 1880-1910" 6. "The Urban West: The Evolution of Prairie Towns and Cities to 1930" IV. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT Introduction 7. "The Fate of City Beautiful Thought in Canada, 1893-1930" 8. "House and Home in Vancouver: Images of West Coast Urbanism, 1886-1929" 9. "The Evolution of Architectural Styles in Toronto" V. URBAN SOCIETY Introduction 10. "The People of a Canadian City, 1851-1852" 11. "Family and Household Composition in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of Moncton, New Brunswick, 1851-1871" 12. "Social Structure and the Urbanization Process: Perspectives on Nineteenth Century Research" 13. "Boarding and Belonging: Thoughts on Sojourner Institutions" 14. "The Neglected Majority: The Changing Role of Women in Nineteenth Century Montreal" 15. "The Other Toronto: Irish Catholics in a Victorian City 1850-1900" 16. '*Divided City: The Immigrant in Winnipeg Society, 1874-1921" 17. "The Original City of Edmonton: A Derivative Prairie Urban Community" VI. Urban Reform and Government Introduction 18. "Tomorrow's Metropolis: The Urban Reform Movement in Canada, 1880-1920" 19. " 'Tomorrow's Metropolis' Revisited: A Critical Assessment of Urban Reform in Canada, 1890-1920" 20. "Urban Autonomy in Canada: It's Evolution and Decline"