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The Canadian home : from cave to electronic cocoon /
Would you want to live in a factory-molded cube made of plastic, asbestos, and UFFI? With an "H-bomb shelter" and the nuclear furnace underneath? Or a house designed by God to harmonize with the cosmic Muzak?The Canadian Home explains how our housing came to be including the pagan origins...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
Dundurn Press,
1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Hearts, Souls, and a Cast of Millions: Introducing the Characters; In the Beginning ... : Caves and Abstract Theories; Buffalo, Whales, and Other Building Supplies: Canada to 1600; La Douce France Meets 40° Below: 1600-1763; Amusing, Artificial, and Awful: 1763-1850; Electrifying! 1850-1914; Criminals and Pathological Cases: 1914-1939; The Luftwaffe and Other Development Services: 1939-1946; Canada Does the Wreggle's Wriggle: 1946-1954; Where the Wildebeests Roam: 1954-1960; Revenge of the Cliff-Dwellers: 1960-1969
- Whites, Colours, and the Cold-Water Wash: 1969-1975The Yuppie Revolution: 1975-1982; Jumps, Dumps, Wumps, and Gazumps: 1982-1988; The GST and Other Carnivores: 1988-1994; Future Chic, Future Shock, and the Electronic Cocoon: Beyond 1994 ... ; Appendix: The Leadership of CHBA and CMHC, and Federal Ministers Responsible for Housing; Notes; Illustration Credits; Selected Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z