Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Figures xvi
5. Maps xix
6. Foreword xxi
7. Map Intro.1 xxiv
8. Introduction xxv
9. VOLUME ONE
10. Part 1 First Nations and European Colonization: Origins to 1796
11. Part 1 Fort Remy, from Désiré Girouard, Le vieux Lachine et le massacre du 5 août 1689, Montreal: Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889, 5. 1
12. Introduction 3
13. 1 Montreal and Its Natural Environment 4
14. 2 A Sense of Place: Montreal before Cartier 22
15. 3 On the Ruins of Hochelaga: 1535–1650 54
16. 4 An Archipelago of Trade: 1650–1701 90
17. 5 The Times and Trials of a Distinctive Colony: 1702–1760 151
18. 6 Careful Coexistence: The Canadians and the British in Montreal prior to 1800 209
19. 7 Daily Life in Montreal during the Eighteenth Century 258
20. Part 2 Formation of a Region and Birth of a Metropolis: 1796–1930
21. Part 2 View from Notre Dame Church, Looking Northwest, 1872. McCord Museum, I77457. 292
22. Introduction 293
23. 8 The Years of Dispersion 295
24. 9 Peopling and Organizing the Island of Montreal: 1840–1890 342
25. Interlude 1 Montreal’s Old Cemeteries 374
26. 10 The Modern City: 1840–1890 380
27. 11 An Undivided Island: Domination at the Dawn of a New Era 424
28. 12 The Montreal Economy during the Nineteenth Century 474
29. 13 Labour and the Montreal Working Class in the Nineteenth Century 526
30. 14 Agriculture and Urban Society on the Island of Montreal 561
31. 15 Education in the Nineteenth Century 604
32. Interlude 2 Montreal’s Jews and the Public School System 632
33. 16 Population, Social Identities, and Daily Life 638
34. 17 Montreal’s Network of Social Regulation 670
35. Interlude 3 A Protestant Congregation: The American Presbyterians 709
36. 18 The Spread and Influence of the Catholic Church in Montreal 714
37. Interlude 4 Mount Royal: The Top of the Island 743
38. 19 Social Relations in Nineteenth-Century Montreal: Two Cultural Streams 750
39. 20 The Rise of the Cultural Marketplace 776
40. Front Matter 2 803
41. VOLUME TWO
42. Contents 807
43. Illustrations 811
44. Figures 818
45. Maps 821
46. Part 3 An Expanding Territory: 1930 to Today
47. Part 3 Three moments in the history of Montreal and region, three perspectives on the world. The Victoria Bridge, opened in 1860; the Jacques Cartier Bridge, opened in 1930; and the Olympic Stadium built for the Summer Games in 1976. Photo: Dany Fougères. 824
48. Introduction 825
49. 21 The Years of the Great Depression 827
50. 22 The Second World War: Wartime Production and War Efforts 859
51. 23 Metropolitan Expansion: The Challenge of Polycentricity 896
52. 24 Planned Residential Suburbs after the Second World War: Refining the Model 928
53. 25 One Island, Several Cities: Montreal and Its Immediate Suburbs 954
54. 26 Montreal’s Economy since 1930 986
55. 27 Montreal, 1950–2010: The Spatial Economy Transformed 1028
56. Interlude 5 Expo 67: The World Comes to Montreal 1062
57. 28 Science and Technology: The Coming of Age of a City of Knowledge 1068
58. 29 Building and Reshaping the Suburban Landscape: The Role of Immigrant Communities 1135
59. 30 Poverty and Wealth in the Post-War Montreal Area: A Landscape in Motion 1175
60. 31 Urban Issues and Political Mobilization: From Subsidiarity to Institutionalized Governance 1201
61. Interlude 6 The Heritage Movement 1238
62. 32 The French Presence: A Montreal and Quebec Issue 1245
63. Interlude 7 Anglophones and the French Language 1282
64. 33 Montreal, 1920–1960: The Emergence of an Urban Cultural Scene 1289
65. 34 Cultural Field and Montreal Space (I): Cultural Life in Montreal before 1960 1331
66. 35 Cultural Field and Montreal Space (II): A Cultural Agglomeration in Transition 1370
67. Conclusion 1419
68. Acknowledgment of Donors 1425
69. Index 1427