The Story of Toronto /

The Story of Toronto / / G.P. deT. Glazebrook.

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 dr...

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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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Glazebrook, G.P. deT.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1971
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (326 p.) :; hts throughout
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • 1. A place in search of a purpose
  • 2. The birth of a town
  • 3. War and reconstruction
  • 4. Government and governed
  • 5. Urban supremacy
  • 6. Provincial capital
  • 7. Pride and prejudice
  • 8. Progress and poverty
  • 9. The end of an era
  • 10. Problems of greatness
  • 11. Life in Metropolitan Toronto
  • 12. Toronto's realm
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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