Creeping Conformity : : How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960 /

Creeping Conformity : : How Canada Became Suburban, 1900-1960 / / Richard Harris.

Creeping Conformity, the first history of suburbanization in Canada, provides a geographical perspective - both physical and social - on Canada's suburban past. Shaped by internal and external migration, decentralization of employment, and increased use of the streetcar and then the automobile,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Harris, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2004
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Themes in Canadian History
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Physical Description:1 online resource (160 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Place and a People
  • 3. Cities and Suburbs
  • 4. The Making of Suburban Diversity, 1900-1929
  • 5. The Growing Influence of the State
  • 6. The Rise of the Corporate Suburb, 1945-1960
  • 7. Creeping Conformity?
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • THEMES IN CANADIAN HISTORY

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