The Heart of Toronto: Corporate Power, Civic Activism, and the Remaking of Downtown Yonge Street
Awards:   Winner of Heritage Toronto Book Award 2023 (Canada)
Author:   Daniel Ross
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:  

9780774867016


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 April 2022
Format:   Paperback
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  • Winner of Heritage Toronto Book Award 2023 (Canada)

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Author:   Daniel Ross
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9780774867016


ISBN 10:   0774867019
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 April 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Street and the City 1 Making Downtown Yonge Street 2 The City of Tomorrow 3 A People Place 4 Fighting Sin Strip 5 Malling Main Street Remaking Downtown Yonge Street Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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"""Daniel Ross’ Heart of Toronto is a much needed analysis of a critical aspect of downtown Toronto’s postwar development."" -- Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University * Ontario Historical Society Review *"


""Daniel Ross’ Heart of Toronto is a much needed analysis of a critical aspect of downtown Toronto’s postwar development."" -- Ross Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University * Ontario Historical Society Review * ""In The Heart of Toronto: Corporate Power, Civic Activism, and the Remaking of Downtown Yonge Street, historian Daniel Ross reminds us how streets provide a unique and critical lens into urban growth and development."" -- Karen Chapple, University of Toronto * Journal of the American Planning Association *


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Daniel Ross is an associate professor in the Department of History at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His research on cities, urban culture, and local politics in Canada has been published in the Urban History Review/Revue d’histoire urbaine, BC Studies, the Bulletin d’histoire politique, and Spacing magazine.

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