Eminent Torontonians
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Buying Respectability
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Author : Thomas Adam
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-01
Buying Respectability written by Thomas Adam and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-01 with Social Science categories.
In 19th-century Leipzig, Toronto, New York, and Boston, a newly emergent group of industrialists and entrepreneurs entered into competition with older established elite groups for social recognition as well as cultural and political leadership. The competition was played out on the field of philanthropy, with the North American community gathering ideas from Europe about the establishment of cultural and public institutions. For example, to secure financing for their new museum, the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized its membership and fundraising on the model of German art museums. The process of cultural borrowing and intercultural transfer shaped urban landscapes with the building of new libraries, museums, and social housing projects. An important contribution to the relatively new field of transnational history, this book establishes philanthropy as a prime example of the conversion of economic resources into social and cultural capital.
Big Moves
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Author : Anthony Perl
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2020-09-23
Big Moves written by Anthony Perl and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-23 with Political Science categories.
All countries have distinctive urban regions, but Canadian cities especially differ from one another in culture, structure, and history. Anthony Perl, Matt Hern, and Jeffrey Kenworthy reveal that despite the peculiarities and singular traits that each city embodies, a common logic has guided the development of transportation infrastructure across the country. Big Moves analyzes how Canada's three largest urban regions - Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver - have been shaped by the interplay of globalized imperatives, aspirations, activism, investment, and local development initiatives, both historically and in a contemporary context. Canadian urban development follows a distinct pattern that involves compromise between local viewpoints and values and the pursuit of global capital at particular historical junctures. As the authors show, the success or failure of each city to construct major mobility infrastructure has always depended on the timing of investments and the specific ways that cities have gained access to necessary capital. Drawing on urban mobility history and global city theory, this book delves into the details of the big moves that have affected transport infrastructure in major Canadian cities. Knowing where urban development will head in the twenty-first century requires understanding how cities' major mobility infrastructures were built. Big Moves explains the shape of Canada's three biggest cities and how their mix of expressways and rapid transit emerged.
Australia Canada And Iraq
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Author : Ramesh Thakur
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2015-10-03
Australia Canada And Iraq written by Ramesh Thakur and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-03 with History categories.
A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chrétien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war. When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was intensely controversial. While a few of America's partners, like Australia, joined in the war, many, including Canada, refused to take part. However the war in Iraq was viewed at the time, though, it is clear that that war and the war in Afghanistan have had a profound and lasting impact on international relations. Australia, Canada, and Iraq collects essays by fifteen esteemed academics, officials, and politicians, including the prime ministers of Australia and Canada at the time of the war — John Howard and Jean Chretién, respectively. This volume takes advantage of the perspective offered by the decade since the war to provide a clearer understanding of the Australian and Canadian decisions regarding Iraq, and indeed of the invasion itself.
Donahoe S Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Donahoe S Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with categories.
Toronto S Many Faces
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Author : Tony Ruprecht
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2010-12-14
Toronto S Many Faces written by Tony Ruprecht and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-14 with Travel categories.
This is the only guide to Toronto's multicultural character, featuring profiles of more than sixty ethnic communities, including local histories, food, and art. Monuments, museums, and restaurants are identified, while maps and photographs of festival events help bring the city's varied communities to life.
Eminent Canadians
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Author : John Fraser
language : en
Publisher: M&S
Release Date : 2000
Eminent Canadians written by John Fraser and has been published by M&S this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Ninety years ago, Lytton Strachey scandalized British society with his book "Eminent Victorians, in which he disparaged the accomplishments and exaggerated the failings of four highly respected Victorians. It was an immediate bestseller, of course. In "Eminent Canadians, John Fraser helps himself to Strachey's title and to his innovative form - the journalistic profile - and goes one better by doubling the number of worthies under the magnifying glass. But his purpose is not the same as Strachey's. Fraser wants, as he puts it, to "redeem the dismissed and humanize the demonized." By telling stories about them, and about the Canada they live or lived in. Of the eight Canadians Fraser subjects to his informed, opinionated, and highly entertaining scrutiny, four represent the past and four the present of a key national institution - the Anglican Church; "The Globe and Mail; the prime ministership; and the monarchy. By juxtaposing rich portraits of past leaders with candid tales about their present or most recent counterparts, Fraser sheds light on just how exasperating an entity Canada has always been. And how lively a history it has. "Eminent Canadians has a serious purpose, but it is not a serious book. This is John Fraser, after all, so there is much fun to be had reading his tales of eight eminent Canadians who, as Fraser says, did the best they could to live up to the challenges of their offices and times.
University Of Toronto Quarterly
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Author : University of Toronto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
University Of Toronto Quarterly written by University of Toronto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Canada categories.
Haunted Toronto
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Author : John Robert Colombo
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1996-09-01
Haunted Toronto written by John Robert Colombo and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-09-01 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Unearthing Toronto's spectral and paranormal secrets, Haunted Toronto takes readers to sixty-six ghostly sites, from haunted stairwells in Queen's Park to otherworldly presences on the Toronto Islands. Fans of the supernatural will love this richly-illustrated guide to walking and driving tours of the city's spooky side.
More Toronto Sketches
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Author : Mike Filey
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1993-09-01
More Toronto Sketches written by Mike Filey and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-09-01 with History categories.
Mike Filey’s "The Way We Were" column in the Toronto Sun continues to be one of the paper’s most popular features. In More Toronto Sketches, the second volume in Dundurn Press’s Toronto Sketches series, Filey brings together some of the best of his columns. Each column looks at Toronto as it was, and contributes to our understanding of how Toronto became what it is. Illustrated with photographs of the city’s people and places of the past, Toronto Sketches is a nostalgic journey for the long-time Torontonian, and a voyage of discovery for the newcomer.
Dateline Toronto
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Author : Ernest Hemingway
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2002-07-25
Dateline Toronto written by Ernest Hemingway and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-25 with Political Science categories.
Dateline: Toronto collects all 172 pieces that Hemingway published in the Star, including those under pseudonyms. Hemingway readers will discern his unique voice already present in many of these journalistic pieces, particularly his knack for dialogue. It is also fascinating to discover early reportorial accounts of events and subjects that figure in his later fiction. As William White points out in his introduction to this work, “Much of it, over sixty years later, can still be read both as a record of the early twenties and as evidence of how Ernest Hemingway learned the craft of writing.” The enthusiasm, wit, and skill with which these pieces were written guarantee that Dateline: Toronto will be read for pleasure, as excellent journalism, and for the insights it gives to Hemingway's works.