Saving the Canadian City, the first phase 1880–1920 : : An Anthology of Early Articles on Urban Reform / / ed. by Paul Rutherford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Adams, Thomas,; Ames, Herbert B.,; Beer, G. Frank,; Burditt, W.F.,; Burgess, W.F.,; Dawson, C.A.,; Dean, S.W.,; Hastings, Charles J.,; Hibbard, F.W.,; Hocken, Horatio C.,; Joplin Clarke, Mary,; Kelso, J.J.,; Lighthall, W.D.,; Mavor, James,; Miller, J.O.,; Rutherford, Paul,; Sifton, Clifford,; Sinclair, A.H.,; Spence, F.S.,; Stewart, Bryce M.,; Taschereau, Henri,; Thompson, Alan C.,; Turnbull, J.A.,; Underhill, Frank H.,; Walker, Byron E.,; Waugh, R.D.,; Wickett, S. Morley,; Woodsworth, J.S.,
• HerausgeberIn: Rutherford, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)

The rapid, chaotic growth of Canada's cities in the late nineteenth century bred a host of social and economic problems that were most evident in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. The daily press soon made its readers aware of the perils of overcrowding, the appearance of slums and gh...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• Part 1. The Regulation of Municipal Utilities
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Municipal monopolies and their management
• Chapter 2. Municipal ownership of public utilities
• Chapter 3. The taxation of franchises
• Chapter 4. Some suggestions as to Toronto Street Railway problems
• Chapter 5. The control of public utilities
• Chapter 6. Valedictory
• Part 2. The Redemption of the Urban Community
• Introduction
• Chapter 7. The modern city
• Chapter 8. Liquor and crime
• Chapter 9. Report on the police investigation and its results
• Chapter 10. Neglected and friendless children
• Chapter 11. What does Associated Charities mean and what is its object?
• Chapter 12. The modem conception of public health administration
• Chapter 13. The housing of our immigrant workers
• Chapter 14. The church and the slum
• Chapter 15. Can slums be abolished or must we continue to pay the penalty?
• Chapter 16. Report of the Standing Committee on Neighbourhood Work
• Chapter 17. The new spirit in municipal government
• Part 3. The Concept of Town Planning
• Introduction
• Chapter 18. Address of welcome to the City Planning Conference
• Chapter 19. A comprehensive plan for Toronto
• Chapter 20. A plea for city planning organization
• Chapter 21. Civic efficiency and social welfare in planning of land
• Chapter 22. Modem city planning: its meaning and methods
• Chapter 23. The city as an organism
• Part 4. The Reform of the Municipal Government
• Introduction
• Chapter 24. City government in Canada
• Chapter 25. The ‘machine‘ in honest hands
• Chapter 26. Municipal reform in Montreal
• Chapter 27. Commission government in cities
• Chapter 28. The reform of municipal government
• Chapter 29. The better government of our cities
• Supplementary Bibliography