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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808449003321

Autore

Stelter Gilbert A. <1933->

Titolo

The Canadian city : essays in urban and social history / / edited by Gilbert A. Stelter and Alan F.J. Artibise

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : Carleton University Press, 1991, c1984

ISBN

1-283-52944-0

9786613841896

0-7735-8485-4

Edizione

[Revised and enlarged.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (503 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Carleton library series ; ; no. 132.

Altri autori (Persone)

StelterGilbert A. <1933->

ArtibiseAlan F. J

Disciplina

307.7/6/0971

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Canada - History

City and town life - Canada - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Revised and enlarged."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

I General introduction -- II Cities in the New World : Canadian urban history before 1850 -- III Metropolitian growth and the spread of the urban network -- IV The physical environment -- V Urban society --- VI Urban reform and government.

Sommario/riassunto

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.