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Creeping conformity : how Canada became suburban, 1900-1960 /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, Richard, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, [2004]
Colección:Themes in Canadian history ; 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A place and a people
  • Cities and suburbs
  • The making of suburban diversity, 1900-1929
  • The growing influence of the state
  • The rise of the corporate suburb, 1945-1960
  • Creeping conformity?