Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Donors xvi
4. Foreword xvii
5. Preface xix
6. Acknowledgments xxii
7. Canada 1891-1961: An Overview
8. 1. Canada in 1891 1
9. 2. Territorial Evolution 6
10. 3. Economic Growth 8
11. 4. Population Composition 10
12. Part One. The Great Transformation 1891 - 1929
13. National Economic Patterns 13
14. 5. Primary Production 16
15. 6. The Expansion and Consolidation of Railways 18
16. 7. The Changing Structure of Manufacturing 20
17. 8. Wholesale Trade 22
18. 9. Financial Institutions 24
19. 10. The Emergence of the Urban System 26
20. Regional Dimensions of the Production System 29
21. 11. Resource-Based Industries in Central Canada 34
22. 12. Electricity and Industrial Development in Central Canada 36
23. 13. Urban Industrial Development in Central Canada 38
24. 14. Industrial Development in Montréal 40
25. 15. The Emergence of Coporate Toronto 42
26. 16. Resource Development on the Shield 44
27. 17. Peopling the Prairies 46
28. 18. Prairie Agriculture 48
29. 19. The Grain-Handling System 50
30. 20. Land Development in Edmonton 52
31. 21. British Columbia Resource Development 54
32. 22. Resource Communities in British Columbia 56
33. 23. Sea and Livelihood in Atlantic Canada 58
34. 24. Industrialization and the Maritimes 60
35. 25. Port Development in Halifax 62
36. 26. The Great War 64
37. Canadian Society during the Great Transformation 67
38. 27. Migration 72
39. 28. Elements of Population Change 74
40. 29. The Demographic Transition 76
41. 30. The Social Landscape of Montréal, 1901 78
42. 31. Winnipeg: A Divided City 80
43. 32. New Approaches to Disease and Public Dependency 82
44. 33. Schooling and Social Structure 84
45. 34. Religious Adherence 86
46. 35. Organized Sport 88
47. 36. Recreational Lands 90
48. 37. Working Worlds 92
49. 38. Organized Labour 94
50. 39. Strikes 96
51. Part Two. Crisis and Response 1929 - 1961
52. The Great Depression 99
53. 40. Economic Crisis 102
54. 41. The Impact of the Depression on People 104
55. 42. Managing the Relief Burden 106
56. 43. Drought and Depression on the Prairies 108
57. 44. Colonization and Co-Operation 110
58. 45. Workers' Responses 112
59. 46. New Political Directions 114
60. The Second World War and the Post-War Period 117
61. 47. Military Activity in the Second World War 122
62. 48. The Home Front in the Second World War 124
63. 49. Farming and Fishing 126
64. 50. Resources for Industrial Economies 128
65. 51. The Persistence of Manufacturing Patterns 130
66. 52. Retailing 132
67. 53. The Growth of Road and Air Transport 134
68. 54. The Integration of the Urban System 136
69. 55. Metropolitan Dominance 138
70. 56. Ottawa: The Emerging Capital 140
71. 57. Canadians Abroad 142
72. 58 Societies and Economies in the North 144
73. 59. Population Changes 146
74. 60. Metropolitan Toronto 148
75. 61. The Changing Work - Force 150
76. 62. Organized Labour, Strikes and Politics 152
77. 63. The Emergence of Social Insurance 154
78. 64. University Education 156
79. 65. National Broadcasting Systems 158
80. 66. Canada in 1961 160
81. Notes 163
82. Backmatter 199