Main entry:

Histoire de Montréal et de sa région. English.

Title & Author:

Montreal : the history of a North American city / edited by Dany Fougères and Roderick MacLeod.

Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]-[2018]
©2018

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Volume 1. Part 1. First Nations and European Colonization: Origins to 1796. Introduction / Dany Fougères. 1. Montreal and Its Natural Environment / Normand Perron. 2. A Sense of Place: Montreal before Cartier / Roland Viau. 3. On the Ruins of Hochelaga: 1535-1650 / Roland Viau. 4. An Archipelago of Trade: 1650-1701 / Roland Viau. 5. The Times and Trials of a Distinctive Colony: 1702-1760 / Roland Viau. 6. Careful Coexistence: The Canadians and the British in Montreal prior to 1800 / Roland Viau. 7. Daily Life in Montreal during the Eighteenth Century / Laurent Turcot -- Part 2. Formation of a Region and Birth of a Metropolis: 1796-1930. Introduction / Dany Fougères. 8. The Years of Dispersion / Dany Fougères. 9. Peopling and Organizing the Island of Montreal: 1840-1890 / Dany Fougères. Interlude 1. Montreal's Old Cemeteries / Roderick MacLeod. 10. The Modern City: 1840-1890 / Dany Fougères. 11. An Undivided Island: Domination at the Dawn of a New Era / Dany Fougères and Valérie Shaffer. 12. The Montreal Economy during the Nineteenth Century / Annie-Claude Labrecque and Dany Fougères. 13. Labour and the Montreal Working Class in the Nineteenth Century / Martin Petitclerc. 14. Agriculture and Urban Society on the Island of Montreal / Stéphane Castonguay. 15. Education in the Nineteenth Century / Robert Gagnon. Interlude 2. Montreal's Jews and the Public School System / Roderick MacLeod. 16. Population, Social Identities, and Daily Life / Danielle Gauvreau. 17. Montreal's Network of Social Regulation / Jean-Marie Fecteau and Janice Harvey. Interlude 3. A Protestant Congregation: The American Presbyterians / Roderick MacLeod. 18. The Spread and Influence of the Catholic Church in Montreal / Normand Perron. Interlude 4. Mount Royal: The Top of the Island / Roderick MacLeod. 19. Social Relations in Nineteenth-Century Montreal: Two Cultural Streams / Yvan Lamonde. 20. The Rise of the Cultural Marketplace / Yvan Lamonde -- Volume 2. Part 3. An Expanding Territory: 1930 to Today. Introduction / Dany Fougères. 21. The Years of the Great Depression / Sylvie Taschereau. 22. The Second World War: Wartime Production and War Efforts / Magda Fahrni. 23. Metropolitan Expansion: The Challenge of Polycentricity / Gilles Sénécal and Nathalie Vachon. 24. Planned Residential Suburbs after the Second World War: Refining the Model / Claire Poitras. 25. One Island, Several Cities: Montreal and Its Immediate Suburbs / Jean-Pierre Collin and Laurence Bherer. 26. Montreal's Economy since 1930 / Mario Polèse. 27. Montreal, 1950-2010: The Spatial Economy Transformed / Richard Shearmur. Interlude 5. Expo 67: The World Comes to Montreal / Roderick MacLeod. 28. Science and Technology: The Coming of Age of a City of Knowledge / Michel Trépanier. 29. Building and Reshaping the Suburban Landscape: The Role of Immigrant Communities / Annick Germain, Damaris Rose, and Myriam Richard. 30. Poverty and Wealth in the Post-War Montreal Area: A Landscape in Motion / Anne-Marie Séguin, Paula Negron, and Philippe Apparicio. 31. Urban Issues and Political Mobilization: From Subsidiarity to Institutionalized Governance / Laurence Bherer and Jean-Pierre Collin, in collaboration with Valérie Shaffer. Interlude 6. The Heritage Movement / Roderick MacLeod. 32. The French Presence: A Montreal and Quebec Issue / Normand Perron. Interlude 7. Anglophones and the French Language / Roderick MacLeod. 33. Montreal, 1920-1960: The Emergence of an Urban Cultural Scene / Daniel Latouche. 34. Cultural Field and Montreal Space (I): Cultural Life in Montreal before 1960 / Guy Bellavance and Christian Poirier. 35. Cultural Field and Montreal Space (II): A Cultural Agglomeration in Transition / Guy Bellavance and Christian Poirier.
Text in English, translated from French.

Summary:

"Surrounded by water and located at the heart of a fertile plain, the Island of Montreal has been a crossroads for Indigenous peoples, European settlers, and today's citizens, and an inland port city for the movement of people and goods into and out of North America. Commemorating the city's 375th anniversary, Montreal: A History of a North American City, is the definitive, two-volume account of this fascinating metropolis and its storied hinterland. "Surrounded by water and located at the heart of a fertile plain, the Island of Montreal has been a crossroads for Indigenous peoples, European settlers, and today's citizens, and an inland port city for the movement of people and goods into and out of North America. Commemorating the city's 375th anniversary, Montreal: A History of a North American City, is the definitive, two-volume account of this fascinating metropolis and its storied hinterland. This comprehensive collection of essays, filled with hundreds of illustrations, photographs, and maps, draws on human geography and environmental history to show that while certain distinctive features remain unchanged--Mount Royal, the Lachine Rapids of the Saint Lawrence River--human intervention and urban evolution mean that over time Montrealers have had drastically different experiences and historical understandings. Significant issues such as religion, government, social conditions, the economy, labour, transportation, culture and entertainment, and scientific and technological innovation are treated thematically in innovative and diverse chapters to illuminate how people's lives changed along with the transformation of Montreal. This history of a city in motion presents an entire picture of the changes that have marked the region as it spread from the old city of Ville-Marie into parishes, autonomous towns, boroughs, and suburbs on and off the island. The first volume encompasses the city up to 1930, vividly depicting the lives of First Nations prior to the arrival of Europeans, the colonization by the French, and the beginning of British Rule. The crucial roles of waterways, portaging, paths, and trails as the primary means of travelling and trade are first examined before delving into the construction of canals, railways, and the first major roads. The nineteenth century was a period of near-total change in Montreal: the population grew from 20,000 to over one million and became Canada's leading industrial city. The second volume treats the history of Montreal since 1930, the year that the Jacques Cartier Bridge was opened and allowed for the outward expansion of a region, which before had been confined to the island. From the Great Depression and Montreal's role as a munitions manufacturing centre during the Second World War, to major cultural events like Expo 67, the twentieth century saw Montreal grow into one of the continent's largest cities, requiring stringent management of infrastructure, public utilities, and transportation. This volume also extensively studies the kinds of political debate with which the region and country still grapple regarding language, nationalism, federalism, and self-determination."--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780773551282 (cloth ; set)
077355128X (cloth ; set)
(ePDF ; set)
9780773552692
0773552693

Subject:

Edam, B.
Social conditions.
Economic history.
Montréal (Québec) History.
Montréal (Québec) Social conditions.
Montréal (Québec) Economic conditions.
Montréal (Québec) Histoire.
Montréal (Québec) Conditions sociales.
Montréal (Québec) Conditions économiques.
Québec Montréal.
Montréal (Canada) Histoire.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Fougères, Dany, 1963- editor.
MacLeod, Roderick, 1961- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 301051
Call No.: BIB 246269
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main 300097
Call No.: BIB 246269
Copy: v. 1
Status: External loan

Location: Library main 301050
Call No.: BIB 246269
Copy: v. 2
Status: External loan