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Tensions in Diversity

Tensions in Diversity

Spaces for Collective Life in Los Angeles

by Felicity Hwee-Hwa Chan

Price: $65.00

ISBN: 9781487545123

Pub Date: November 2022

This book presents a visually rich narrative of how coexistence is negotiated in Los Angeles, a city vibrant with sociocultural diversity.

Displacement City

Displacement City

Fighting for Health and Homes in a Pandemic

Edited by Greg Cook and Cathy Crowe

Foreword by Robyn Maynard

Afterword by Shawn Micallef

Price: $27.95

ISBN: 9781487546496

Pub Date: November 2022

What can we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effects on the homeless population in Toronto? Displacement City shares the stories of frontline workers, advocates, and people living without homes during this unprecedented crisis.

Growing a Sustainable City?

Growing a Sustainable City?

The Question of Urban Agriculture

by Christina D. Rosan and Hamil Pearsall

Price: $31.95

ISBN: 9781442628557

Pub Date: December 2017

Growing a Sustainable City? offers a critical analysis of the development of urban agriculture policies and their role in making post-industrial cities more sustainable.

The Centennial Cure

The Centennial Cure

Commemoration, Identity, and Cultural Capital in Nova Scotia during Canada's 1967 Centennial Celebrations

by Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton

Price: $35.95

ISBN: 9781487521523

Pub Date: March 2017

In The Centennial Cure, the second volume in the Studies in Atlantic Canada History series, Meaghan Elizabeth Beaton critically examines the intersection of state policy, cultural development, and commemoration in Nova Scotia during Canada’s centennial celebrations.

Building a Co-operative Community in Public Housing

Building a Co-operative Community in Public Housing

The Case of the Atkinson Housing Co-operative

by Jorge Sousa

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780802038036

Pub Date: July 2013

Building a Co-operative Community in Public Housing follows the journey of a Toronto public housing complex as it was converted into a resident-operated co-operative, a first in Canada.

The Moral Economy of Cities

The Moral Economy of Cities

Shaping Good Citizens

by Evelyn S. Ruppert

Price: $101.00

ISBN: 9780802038869

Pub Date: March 2006

Using the redevelopment of the Yonge-Dundas intersection in downtown Toronto in the mid-1990s as a case study, Ruppert examines the language of planners, urban designers, architects, and marketing analysts to reveal the extent to which moralization legitimizes these professions in the public eye.

The Nursery World of Dr. Blatz

The Nursery World of Dr. Blatz

by Jocelyn Raymond

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9781487585433

Pub Date: December 1991

In 1925 Blatz established St George’s school for child study, associated with the University of Toronto. The school consisted of two divisions; one was Parent Education, a research program created to educate parents in the newest techniques of child-rearing.
Street Kids

Street Kids

The Tragedy of Canada's Runaways

by Marlene Webber

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780802067050

Pub Date: April 1991

Webber cuts a comprehensible path through the tangle of forces, including family breakdown and social-service failure, that accelerate the tragedy of Canada's runaways. She suggests measures that might help more of them beat the streets.

Steel City

Steel City

Hamilton and Region

Edited by M.J. Dear, J.J. Drake and L.G. Reeds

Price: $45.95

ISBN: 9780802065827

Pub Date: June 1987

The story of Hamilton's changing landscapes, both physical and human, is presented in the nineteen essays that make up this volume, all by geographers associated with Hamilton's McMaster University.

The Child in the City (Vol. II)

The Child in the City (Vol. II)

Changes and Challenges

by William Michelson, Saul V. Levine and Anna-Rose Spina

Price: $38.95

ISBN: 9780802063380

Pub Date: September 1979

This volume evaluates the basis of current issues of public concern and debate and constructs an agenda for future research, policy, and practice concerning children and families.
Urban Futures for Central Canada

Urban Futures for Central Canada

Perspectives on Forecasting Urban Growth and Form

Edited by Larry S. Bourne, Ross D. MacKinnon, Jay Siegel and James W. Simmons

Price: $42.95

ISBN: 9780802062437

Pub Date: December 1974

Urban problems are now a dominant social issue: the essays in this volume consider the direction some of these problems may take in Central Canada.

Saving the Canadian City, the first phase 1880–1920

Saving the Canadian City, the first phase 1880–1920

An Anthology of Early Articles on Urban Reform

Edited by Paul Rutherford

Price: $47.95

ISBN: 9781487583446

Pub Date: December 1974

The twenty-nine selections in this book are representative of the variety of concerns evident in reform circles when the first movement was in full flower, from the turn of the century to the end of the First World War.

The Form of Cities in Central Canada

The Form of Cities in Central Canada

Selected Papers

Edited by Larry S. Bourne, Ross D. MacKinnon and James W. Simmons

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 9780802033178

Pub Date: December 1973

This book is an anthology of research papers and reports building around a common theme: urban development in Central Canada.

Urban Systems Development in Central Canada

Urban Systems Development in Central Canada

Selected Papers

Edited by Larry S. Bourne and Ross D. MacKinnon

Price: $30.95

ISBN: 9780802032935

Pub Date: December 1972

An excellent general reference on urbanization in Canada.

The City Below The Hill

The City Below The Hill

The Slums of Montreal, 1897

by Herbert Brown Ames

Introduction by Paul Rutherford

Price: $27.95

ISBN: 9780802061423

Pub Date: December 1972

The city below the hill is a detailed investigation of social conditions in a working class quarter of Montreal during the 1890s.

The Suburban Society

The Suburban Society

by S.D. Clark

Price: $36.95

ISBN: 9780802060860

Pub Date: December 1966

By questioning the widely accepted picture of suburban society, this book will challenge much of our thinking about certain trends and developments in present-day society.

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