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  • Bourgeois Utopias

    The Rise And Fall Of Suburbia

    par Robert Fishman ...
    A noted urban historian traces the story of the suburb from its origins in nineteenth-century London to its twentieth-century demise in decentralized cities like Los Angeles. ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Ward

    The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood

    The story of the growth and destruction of Toronto's first 'priority neighbourhood.'From the 1840s until the Second World War, waves of newcomers who migrated to Toronto – Irish, Jewish, Italian, African American and Chinese, among others – landed in 'The Ward.' Crammed with rundown housing and immigrant-owned businesses, this area, bordered by College and Queen, University and Yonge streets, was ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Empire of Things

    How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

    par Frank Trentmann ...
    The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 yearsWhat we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket. In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • Makeshift Metropolis

    Ideas About Cities

    In this new work, prizewinning author, professor, and Slate architecture critic Witold Rybczynski returns to the territory he knows best: writing about the way people live, just as he did in the acclaimed bestsellers Home and A Clearing in the Distance. In Makeshift Metropolis, Rybczynski has drawn upon a lifetime of observing cities to craft a concise and insightful book that is at once an ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD

  • A History of Canadian Culture

    In a country this diverse, 'culture' has different meanings. Vance tells a story from the wind-swept Arctic where a stranded Innu woman, fighting to survive, took the time to decorate her clothing with rich designs. A British explorer was amazed at her efforts, but Vance reminds us of the inseparable connection between life and art in Inuit culture (the Innu word for 'breathe' also means 'to make ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • Unbuilt Toronto

    A History of the City That Might Have Been

    Collections Livre 1 - The City That Might Have Been
    Unbuilt Toronto explores never-realized building projects in and around Toronto, from the citys founding to the twenty-first century. Delving into unfulfilled and largely forgotten visions for grand public buildings, landmark skyscrapers, highways, subways, and arts and recreation venues, it outlines such ambitious schemes as St. Alban's Cathedral, the Queen subway line and early city plans that ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Crabgrass Frontier

    The Suburbanization of the United States

    This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Dream Cities

    Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World

    par Wade Graham ...
    "An excellent and novel exploration of key ideas behind city spaces and the behaviors they engender." — Wall Street JournalFrom the acclaimed landscape designer, historian and author of American Eden, a lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities.Dream Cities explores our cities in a new way—as expressions of ideas, often conflicting, about how we should live, work, play, make ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Story of Toronto

    Collections series Heritage
    This is the story of a town dropped by the hand of government into the midst of a virgin forest. It is the story of Toronto from its earliest days to the present, and of the generations who worked to bring it from clearing to town, from town to city, from city to metropolis.George Glazebrook has drawn on unpublished papers and correspondence, as well as old newspapers, books, and pamphlets, to ... En savoir plus

    $36.99 CAD

  • Behind Closed Doors

    The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs

    With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $11.99 CAD Maintenant $4.99 CAD

  • American Urban Form

    A Representative History

    Collections series Urban and Industrial Environments
    An illustrated history of the American city's evolution from sparsely populated village to regional metropolis.American Urban Form—the spaces, places, and boundaries that define city life—has been evolving since the first settlements of colonial days. The changing patterns of houses, buildings, streets, parks, pipes and wires, wharves, railroads, highways, and airports reflect changing patterns of ... En savoir plus

    $27.19 CAD

  • From a Cause to a Style

    Modernist Architecture's Encounter with the American City

    par Nathan Glazer ...
    Modernism in architecture and urban design has failed the American city. This is the decisive conclusion that renowned public intellectual Nathan Glazer has drawn from two decades of writing and thinking about what this architectural movement will bequeath to future generations. In From a Cause to a Style, he proclaims his disappointment with modernism and its impact on the American city.Writing ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD