Forging a consensus : historical essays on Toronto /
In this collection of essays, published to mark the sesquicentennial, a number of historians, geographers, and political scientists analyse the history of the relationship between the corporation of the city of Toronto and the city that it administers.
Saved in:
| Corporate Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Toronto ; Buffalo :
Published for the Toronto Sesquicentennial Board by University of Toronto Press,
©1984.
|
| Series: | Heritage.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Preface/VICTOR L. RUSSELL; PART ONE: Forging the consensus; A struggle for authority/PAUL ROMNEY; Orangemen and the Corporation/GREGORY S. KEALEY; Captain Bob and the Noble Ward/BARRIE DYSTER; Serving Toronto the Good/NICHOLAS ROGERS; The first hurrah/J.M.S. CARELESS; PART TWO: The triumph of consensus; Servicing the modern city 1900-30/ROGER E. RIENDEAU; The evolution of the board of control/PATRICIA PETERSEN; The rise of civic populism in Toronto 1870-1920/CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG and H.V. NELLES; A triumph for public ownership/FRANCES FRISKEN
- Building for city, region, and nation/GUNTER GAD and DERYCK HOLDSWORTHPART THREE: The city that works; Toronto among North American cities/JAMES LEMON