{"product_id":"montreals-square-mile-the-making-and-transformation-of-a-colonial-metropole-hardback-9781487508050","title":"Montreal's Square Mile; The Making and Transformation of a Colonial Metropole (Hardback) 9781487508050","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMontreal's Square Mile\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Making and Transformation of a Colonial Metropole\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDimitry Anastakis (Edited by), Elizabeth Kirkland (Edited by), Don Nerbas (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487508050\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages, 59 colour illustrations and 77 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e26 x 18.4 x 3.8 cm, 1.12 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn nineteenth-century Canada, the Square Mile was an elite residential district in Montreal that represented a dramatic new concentration of wealth. \u003cem\u003eMontreal\u0026amp;#x2019;s Square Mile\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the history of the neighbourhood, from its origins to its decline, including the diverse and far-reaching sources of its making and its twentieth-century transformations. Spanning the interconnected worlds of family and home life, business and high politics, architecture and urban redevelopment, this interdisciplinary and richly illustrated volume presents a new account of the Square Mile\u0026amp;#x2019;s history and an investigation of the neighbourhood\u0026amp;#x2019;s impact beyond the immediate urban environment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eDimitry Anastakis, Elizabeth Kirkland, and Don Nerbas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Square Mile: A Singular Topography \u003cbr\u003e(Vignettes by Julia Gersovitz)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Frameworks and Perspectives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The High Ground: Mansions, Mythology, and the Mountain\u003cbr\u003eRoderick MacLeod\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Development: From Apple Orchards to Building Lots\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Property and Power: Connecting the Dots\u003cbr\u003eSherry Olson \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWidening Influences\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Constructing Business Networks and Institutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Others of More Enterprise: Thomas Morland and the Formation of Montreal Rolling Mills, 1858–68\u003cbr\u003eJean-Philip Mathieu\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcGill University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \"Dear Richard… send us a few buffalo tongues\": Donald Smith\u0026amp;#x2019;s Fur Trade Contacts and Personal Credit Networks\u003cbr\u003eMax Hamon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRow and Terrace Housing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Family, Gender, and Property\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Marriage, Property, and the Law in a Square Mile Family: The Case of Annie Stevenson Anderson vs David Morrice, 1884–85\u003cbr\u003ePeter Gossage and Lisa Moore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHugh Allan and Ravenscrag\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Searching for Intimacies beyond the Notman Photographs: The Case of Amy Redpath Roddick\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Kirkland and Mary Anne Poutanen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Creation of Mount Royal Park\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Gender and Social Relations in the City above the Hill\u003cbr\u003eRobert C.H. Sweeny \u003cbr\u003eHouses of Worship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Professional and Business Worlds in Transformation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Max Aitken in Montreal: Financial Innovation and Creative\u003cbr\u003eGregory P. Marchildon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDestruction in the Laurier Boom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Stanley Street Presbyterian Church\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. \"Glad of your help\": Scottish Architects in Montreal, 1860–1940\u003cbr\u003eAnnmarie Adams\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Art Association, Phillips Square\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Changing of the Guard: Bartlett McLennan, Roy Wolvin, and the Leveraged Buyout of the Montreal Transportation Company, 1903–21\u003cbr\u003eM. Stephen Salmon \u003cbr\u003eArchitects Unite\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: Crisis and Decline-\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Crossing Imperial Boundaries and Constructing Intimate Linkages: Reading Soldiers\u0026amp;#x2019; First World War Letters\u003cbr\u003eNicolas Kenny\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Consistent Material Palette\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Death of the Golden Square Mile? Understanding the Transformation of an Urban District, 1945–85\u003cbr\u003eHarold Bérubé\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1920s: Beginning of the End\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003cbr\u003eBrian J. 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