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The City Below The Hill
The Slums of Montreal, 1897
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Herbert Brown Ames
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With contributions by:
Paul Rutherford
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
1972
About this book
The city below the hill is a detailed investigation of social conditions in a working class quarter of Montreal during the 1890s.
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Ames Herbert Brown :
Sir Herbert Brown Ames, 1863-1954, a progressive businessman and social reformer, was a Montreal alderman from 1898 to 1906, a Conservative MP from 1904 to 1920, and later a Canadian delegate to the League of Nations.
Rutherford Paul :Paul Rutherford is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. He is the author of several books published by UTP, including When Television Was Young (1990), The New Icons? (1994), Endless Propaganda (2000), Weapons of Mass Persuasion (2004), and World Made Sexy (2007).
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Frontmatter
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An introduction
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Contents
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1. Introduction
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2. Employment
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3. The composition of the family
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4. Family incomes and workers' wages
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5. The homes of the wage-earners
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6. Comparative rentals
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7. Density and overcrowding
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8. The poor of the west end
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9. The death rate
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10. Nationalities and religions
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The housing of the working classes
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eBook published on:
December 15, 1972
eBook ISBN:
9781442656291
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
136
Other:
11 b&w maps
eBook ISBN:
9781442656291
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
