Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Tables xii
5. Foreword xv
6. Avant-propos xvi
7. Acknowledgments xvii
8. Chapter 1. Hamilton: region in transition 1
9. Part One. The Natural Environment
10. Chapter 2. Physical landscape of the Hamilton region 9
11. Chapter 3. Climate, weather, and society 34
12. Chapter 4. Soils of the Hamilton region: profiles, properties, and problems 48
13. Chapter 5. Forests of the Hamilton region: past, present, and future 65
14. Chapter 6. Hydrology of Beverly Swamp 85
15. Part Two. The Built Environment
16. Chapter 7. The beginnings: Hamilton in the nineteenth century 95
17. Chapter 8. Emergence of the modern city: Hamilton, 1891–1950 119
18. Chapter 9. Social change in Hamilton, 1961–1981 138
19. Chapter 10. The move from county to region 156
20. Part 3. How Hamilton Works
21. Chapter 11. Farming in an urban age 171
22. Chapter 12. Social welfare in the city 190
23. Chapter 13. The changing competitive position of the Hamilton steel industry 202
24. Chapter 14. Energy flows and the city of Hamilton 222
25. Chapter 15. Urban policy in Hamilton in the 1980s 238
26. Chapter 16. McMaster University in a changing urban environment 258
27. Chapter 17. Hamilton today 286
28. Index 303