Urban History Review articles from March 1996

Urban History Review archives from March 1996

Annihilating space and time: the modernization of fire-fighting in late nineteenth-century Cornwall, Ontario.
March 1, 1996... Abstract: The concept "time-space convergence" is rarely used in the context of internal urban communication or urban service provision. This paper applies the concept to the process and modernization of fire-fighting. It does so with...

Construction sociale d'un compromis (1945-1970): prelude a la renovation urbaine dans le quartier Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Quebec.
March 1, 1996... Resume: Cet article montre pourquoi la renovation urbaine dans le quartier Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Quebec apparait comme un compromis acceptable pour de nombreux groupes de la societe civile au debut des annees 1960. Pour comprendre cet...

Vie culturelle et pouvoirs publics locaux. La fondation de la bibliotheque municipale de Montreal.
March 1, 1996... Resume: Carte maitresse de la strategie des villes dans la concurrence qu'elles se livrent, la culture constitue aujour-d'hui une sorte de vitrine qui confere aux grands ensembles urbains leur personnalite propre. De ce fait, on a bien...

Capital cities / les capitales.
March 1, 1996... Taylor, John; Langelle, Jean G; and Andrew, Caroline, eds. Capital Cities/Les Capitales: Perspectives Internationales/International Perspectives. Ottawa: Carleton University Press, 1993. Pp. xvi, 418. Tables, figures. $24.95 This volume is...

Beast in the boudoir: petkeeping in nineteenth century Paris.
March 1, 1996... Kete, Kathleen. The Beast in the Boudoir: Petkeeping in Nineteenth Century Paris. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1994. Pp. x, 200. 9 black and white plates, bibliography, index. This is a slender, attractive, enjoyable and...

Particular condition in life: self-employment in mid-Victorian Brantford, Ontario.
March 1, 1996... Burley, David G. A Particular Condition in Life: Self-Employment in Mid-Victorian Brantford, Ontario. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994. Pp.309. Tables. $39.95 cloth. For some time now social historians have...

Familles ouvrieres a Montreal. Age, genre et survie quotidienne pendant la phase d'industrialisation.
March 1, 1996... Bradbury, Bettina. Familles ouvrieres a Montreal. Age, genre et survie quotidienne pendant la phase d'industrialisation. Montreal: Boreal, 1995. Tableaux et graphiques. Pp. 369. Familles ouvrieres a Montreal ne devrait pas decevoir les...

Canadian fire insurance plans in Ontario collections, 1876-1973.
March 1, 1996... Fortin, Marcel, Lorraine Dubreuil, and Cheryl A. Woods, eds., Canadian Fire Insurance Plans in Ontario Collections, 1876-1973. Association of Canadian Map Librarles and Archives: Ottawa, 1995. Illus. Pp i-x, 1-107. $22 paper. Most scholars...

Ideal surroundings: domestic life in a working-class suburb in the 1920s.
March 1, 1996... Morton, Suzanne. Ideal Surroundings: Domestic Life in a Working-Class Suburb in the 1920s. Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press, 1995. Pp. 201. Black and White photographs. Index. $40.00 hard. $17.95 paper. In Ideal...

Guardians of progress: boosters and boosterism in Thunder Bay, 1870-1914.
March 1, 1996... Thorold J. Tronrud. Guardians of Progress: Boosters and Boosterism in Thunder Bay, 1870-1914. Thunder Bay: Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 1993. Pp. 74. Black and White Illustrations, index. $9.95 (plus $2.00 postage). This is a...

Muddy York mud: scandal & scurrility in Upper Canada.
March 1, 1996... Raible, Chris. Muddy York Mud: Scandal & Scurrility in Upper Canada. Creemore, Ontario: Curiosity House, 1992. Pp. xii, 289. Black and White Photographs, Select Bibliography, Index. Paper. Each of these works should have something to...

From horse power to horsepower: Toronto 1890-1930.
March 1, 1996... Filey, Mike & Victor Russell. From Horse Power to Horsepower: Toronto 1890-1930. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1993. Pp. 112. Black and White Photographs. Paper. Each of these works should have something to interest a Toronto-phile, although,...

Too good to be true: Toronto in the 1920s.
March 1, 1996... White, Randall. Too Good To Be True: Toronto in the 1920s. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1993. Pp. xi, 244. Black and White Photographs, Bibliography, Index. Paper. Each of these works should have something to interest a Toronto-phile, although,...

Taste of Toronto.
March 1, 1996... Duckworth, Helen. A Taste of Toronto. Willowdale, Ontario: Hounslow Press, 1983. Pp. 85. Illustrations. Index. Paper. Each of these works should have something to interest a Toronto-phile, although, with the exception of Catholics at the...

Catholics at the "gathering place": historical essays on the Archdiocese of Toronto 1841-1991.
March 1, 1996... McGowan, Mark George & Brian P. Clarke. Catholics at the "Gathering Place": Historical Essays on the Archdiocese of Toronto 1841-1991. Toronto: the Canadian Catholic Historical Association (English Section), 1993. Pp. xxvii, 352. Maps, Tables,...