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Making Vancouver is about the people of Vancouver, British Columbia. It traces the social transformation of the city and points out how Shaughnessy Heights lumber barons, Mount Pleasant trades people, and East End labourers were part of a complex society whose members exhibited sharp differences in attitudes and behaviour.
In Making Vancouver, Robert McDonald depicts a western city that was neither egalitarian nor closed to opportunity. Vancouver up to the crash of 1913 was a dynamic centre. The rapidity of growth, easy access to resources, a narrow industrial base, and the homogeneous nature of its population, the majority of which was of British birth, softened the thrust towards class division inherent in capitalism.
By distinguishing between two types of identity - class and social status - McDonald shows how middle and upper working-class residents formed a broad group of 'respectable' citizens that straddled class lines. By contrast, those at the top of the social structure constituted a self-conscious upper class, and those at the bottom, the 'immigrants,' the transient workers, and the poor, were regarded as 'outsiders.' Collective biographies of four groups of residents - business leaders, social leaders, civic politicians, and labour activists - illustrate the nature of the social relationships.
In Making Vancouver, Robert McDonald depicts a western city that was neither egalitarian nor closed to opportunity. Vancouver up to the crash of 1913 was a dynamic centre. The rapidity of growth, easy access to resources, a narrow industrial base, and the homogeneous nature of its population, the majority of which was of British birth, softened the thrust towards class division inherent in capitalism.
By distinguishing between two types of identity - class and social status - McDonald shows how middle and upper working-class residents formed a broad group of 'respectable' citizens that straddled class lines. By contrast, those at the top of the social structure constituted a self-conscious upper class, and those at the bottom, the 'immigrants,' the transient workers, and the poor, were regarded as 'outsiders.' Collective biographies of four groups of residents - business leaders, social leaders, civic politicians, and labour activists - illustrate the nature of the social relationships.
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Robert A. J. McDonald teaches in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia.
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- EditoreUniv of British Columbia Pr
- Data di pubblicazione1996
- ISBN 10 0774805552
- ISBN 13 9780774805551
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine316
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.9. Codice articolo G0774805552I4N00
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Making Vancouver: Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. 316 Pages Illus. Book. Codice articolo 044318
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Making Vancouver: Class, Status, and Social Boundaries, 1863-1913
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. 316 pages. Footnotes, select bibliography and index. Black and white illustrations. "Explores the years 1863 to 1913, when the population and institutions of this young community had not yet stabilized and expectations of material betterment remained high." - from dust jacket. Few markings to contents. Moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Bordart. A sound copy. Vancouver Sun review clipping laid-in. Codice articolo 155h1812
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