Robert A J McDonald

Making Vancouver

Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"An expert analysis of the beginnings of one of the great port cities of the world and one of the more beautiful. The book is economic history in its broadest and best sense, the development of Vancouver's admixture of class, race, and economic growth ... with excellent maps and an abundance of evocative photographs to match its economics and statistics". -- Choice

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paperback
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 335
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780774805704
• ISBN-10: 0774805706
• Artikelnr.: 20980901

Autorenporträt

Robert A.J. McDonald teaches in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. With Jean Barman, he co-edited Vancouver Past: Essays in Social History.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps and Photographs
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Crowded between Forest and Shore
2 City Builders
3 Monopolists and Plain People
4 Captial and Labour
5 Incorrigible Optimists
6 The Wealthy Business and Professional Class
7 The Artisan or Moderately Well-To-Do Class
8 The Immigrant Section
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index