| Description |
1 online resource (322 pages) |
| Series |
Heritage |
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Heritage.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Frameworks for the Study of Canadian Shelter -- PART 1: Canadian Housing during the Era of Mercantile Capitalism -- 2. The Polite House -- Housing the Ruling Oligarchy of New France -- The Arrival of a British Elite -- Mercantile Prosperity and Housing in Atlantic Canada -- Town and Country Housing for Ontario's Gentry -- 3. The Folk House -- Case Study 1: French Settlement and House Building -- Case Study 2: The Transfer of English Folk Housing to North America -- Case Study 3: Transfers of Celtic Folk Building to North America -- Case Study 4: The German Contribution to Folk Housing in North America -- Case Study 5: Folk Housing in Ontario -- 4. The Vernacular House -- The Absorption of Classical and Formal Style -- The Popularizing of Gothic Style in Vernacular Form -- 5. Housing for Labour -- Mercantile Agents in Early Resource Exploitation -- Shanty, Camboose, and Dingle: Housing on the Forest Frontier -- Industrial Villages -- PART 2: Canadian Housing during the Era of Industrial Capitalism -- 6. The Self-Conscious House -- The Styles of Eclecticism -- Revivalist Styles -- 7. The Enduring Folk Stream -- Enriching the Mix of Folk Cultures -- Ukrainian Settlement and Housing -- Traditions Masked but Not Lost: The Acadian House -- 8. Pattern Books and an Industrial Vernacular -- Regional Variants of Victorian Style -- California Bungalows and the Pretence of Artistry -- Building Kits -- 9. Housing the Industrial Worker -- Cannery Town -- Coal and Steel Town -- Mobile Lumber Camps -- Housing for Railroad Workers -- Housing for Factory Workers -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y |
| Summary |
The authors present a new framework for interpreting the dwelling in Canada, including an important glimpse of counter-currents such as housing for gang labour, company housing, and the multi-occupant forms associated with urbanization |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dwellings -- Canada -- History
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Architecture, Domestic -- Canada -- History
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Architecture and society -- Canada
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Architecture and society.
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Architecture, Domestic.
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Dwellings.
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Canada.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Holdsworth, Deryck, W
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Ennals, Peter Morley
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Holdsworth, Deryck William
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| ISBN |
9781442675834 |
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1442675837 |
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