Fred Cumberland : : Building the Victorian Dream / / Geoffrey Simmins.
In the first comprehensive study of Frederic William Cumberland (1820-1881), Geoffrey Simmins traces Cumberland's career as architect, railway manager, and politician, providing a richly detailed history and analysis of his contribution to Toronto's urban landscape.The architect of such pr...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part One: Life and Times
- 1. Early Life in Ireland and England
- 2. Constructing a Canadian Career: The First Years in Toronto
- 3. Cumberland and the Canadian Interpretation of the Victorian Concept of Progress
- 4. Midcareer, Full Stride: The 1850s
- 5. Life on the Railway
- 6. Political Career
- 7. Later Personal Life
- Part Two: Architectural Case Studies
- 8. Assessing the English Heritage
- 9. 'The Beautiful Medium' and Other Topics: Reconstructing Cumberland's Architectural Theory and Practice
- 10. A Selection of Schools
- 11. University College
- 12. Steeples for the People: Church Designs
- 13. Post Offices, Courthouses, and Other Public Buildings
- 14. Private Commissions: Houses and Commercial Buildings
- 15. Proposals for Building a National Capital
- Epilogue: Cumberland's Legacy
- Part Three: Catalogue Raisonne of Cumberland's Works
- Introduction
- Catalogue of Works
- Appendix A: Cumberland's Principal Executed Works
- Appendix B: Cumberland's Architectural Library
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index