Urban History Review articles from March 2005

Urban History Review archives from March 2005

Les societes de pret juives a Montreal, 1911-1945.
March 22, 2005... Resume Entre 1911 et 1945, plus d'une centaine de societes de pret juives sont fondees C Montreal. Leur apparition correspond C un moment crucial dans la vie de cette communaute. Les formes qu'elles prennent et la variete de leurs...

Permeable boundaries: negotiation, resistance, and transgression of street space in Saint-Henri, Quebec, 1875-1905 (1).
March 22, 2005... Abstract In late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Saint-Henri, the street was a contested space. The local elite's municipal management of public space conflicted with the popular social use of the streets, both in the design and...

Technology and law enforcement: the transformation of the Calgary police force, 1900-1940.
March 22, 2005... Abstract As was the case in cities across North America, Calgary's police force underwent a transformation in the early twentieth century. In particular, new technologies were embraced and utilized, notably in the fields of training,...

Partisan politics, civic priorities, and the urban militia: situating the Calgary armoury, 1907-1917.
March 22, 2005... Abstract The military's physical presence in Canadian cities has received little critical analysis in terms of local power and identities, urban governance, and competing visions for the use of public space. Using the case study of...

Lire au Quebec au XIXe siecle.
March 22, 2005... Lamonde, Yvan, et Sophie Montreuil, dir. Lire au Quebec au XIXe siecle. Montreal: Fides, 2003. Pp. 330, bibliographie. Lamonde, Yvan. Histoire sociale des idees au Quebec (1896-1929). Montreal: Fides, 2004. Pp. 323, illustrations, index....

Bruxelles et la Jonction Nord-Midi: Histoire, architecture et mobilite urbaine.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... S. Jaumain, dir., Bruxelles et la Jonction Nord-Midi: Histoire, architecture et mobilite urbaine. Bruxelles: Archives de la Ville de Bruxelles, 2004 (>, 3). Pp. 224. Pourrait-on saisir toute la complexite urbaine de Bruxelles sans prendre...

Building Gotham: Civic Culture and Public Policy in New York City, 1898-1938.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Revell, Keith D. Building Gotham: Civic Culture and Public Policy in New York City, 1898-1938. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003, Pp. x, 327. Illustrations, index. US 42,75$. En 1898, la creation du Greater New York, issu de...

The Birth of City Planning in the United States, 1840-1917.(Book Review)
March 22, 2005... Peterson, Jon. The Birth of City Planning in the United States, 1840-1917. Creating the North American Landscape. Gregory Coniff, Edward K. Muller & David Schuyler, eds. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. 2003. Pp. 431. $73.00...

Les preparatifs, le <<party>>, le desarroi: <<Les annees 60, Montreal voit grand>>.
March 22, 2005... Les preparatifs, le >, le desarroi: >. Exposition au Centre Canadien d'Architecture 20 octobre 2004 au 11 septembre 2005 Du plancher au plafond, deux photographies presentent, a l'entree de l'exposition, le centre-ville de Montreal...

Signs of Urban Life: A History of Visual Communication in Toronto Indefinite run.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2005... Signs of Urban Life: A History of Visual Communication in Toronto Indfinite run City of Toronto Archives Early in the fall of 2004, a new breed of sign began to appear on Toronto streets, or rather, on Toronto sidewalks. These signs...

TurnerWhistlerMonet: More than a Show of Hands.(Critical Essay)
March 22, 2005... TurnerWhistlerMonet: More than a Show of Hands Exhibition conceived by the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, and organized jointly by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Reunion des musees nationaux and Musee d'Orsay, Paris, and Tate Britain,...