Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Preface to the Second Edition vi
4. General Introduction: What is Urban History? 1
5. Cities in the New World: Canadian Urban History Before 1850
6. The Political Economy of Early Canadian Urban Developmen 8
7. Land Ownership and Society in Montreal: An Hypothesis^* 39
8. Metropolitanisim and Toronto Re-examined, 1825-1850¹ 57
9. Metropolitan Growth and the Spread of the Urban Network
10. Currents of Change in Toronto, 1850-1900 74
11. The National Policy and the Industrialization of the Mahtimes, 1880-1910 109
12. The Urban West: The Evolution of Prairie Towns and Cities to 1930 138
13. The Physical Environment
14. The Fate of City Beautiful Thought in Canada, 1893-1930 167
15. House and Home in Vancouver: Images of West Coast Urbanism, 1886-1929 187
16. The Evolution of Architectural Styles in Toronto 210
17. Urban Society
18. The People of a Canadian City, 1851-1852 224
19. Family and Household Composition in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of Moncton, New Brunswick, 1851-1871 249
20. Social Structure and the Urbanization Process: Perspectives on Nineteenth Century Research 262
21. Boarding and Belonging: Thoughts on Sojourner Institution 282
22. The Neglected Majority: The Changing Role of Women in Nineteenth Century Montrea 304
23. The Other Toronto: Irish Catholics in a Victorian City 1850-1900 328
24. Divided City: The Immigrant in Winnipeg Society, 1874-1921 360
25. The Original City of Edmonton: A Derivative Prairie Urban Community 392
26. Urban Reform and Government
27. Tomorrow’s Metropolis: The Urban Reform Movement in Canada 435
28. Tomorrow’s Metropolis’ Revisited: A Critical Assessment of Urban Reform in Canada 1890-1920 456
29. Urban Autonomy in Canada: It’s Evolution and Decline 478
30. Notes on Editors 501
31. Notes on Contributors 502
32. The Carleton Library Series 505