Riverdale: East of the Don Contributor(s): Muir, Elizabeth Gillan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459728718 ISBN-13: 9781459728714 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | Social History - Architecture | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
Dewey: 971.354 |
LCCN: 2014472408 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 8.24" W x 9.8" (1.08 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Locality - Toronto, Ontario - Geographic Orientation - Ontario |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Heritage Toronto Book Award -- Shortlisted, Non-Fiction Book A popular history of the Riverdale area of Toronto, including Playter Estates north of the Danforth. In its first 50 years, the city of Toronto changed from a rough settlement to a booming city with a voracious appetite for land. The incorporated city of Toronto grew tenfold from 1834 to 1884 -- partly through immigration, but also through the annexation of older communities. Among these were the former suburbs of Leslieville and Riverside, which were joined together in 1884 to become the new Toronto community of Riverdale. Later, the Playter Estates neighbourhood also became part of this community. |
Contributor Bio(s): Muir, Elizabeth Gillan: - Elizabeth (Liz) Gillan Muir has taught Canadian history at Waterloo University and the University of Toronto. She has written extensively about women in Upper Canada and recently published a history of Riverdale, Toronto. Elizabeth holds degrees from Queen's University, the Harvard Business School, and a Ph.D from McGill University. She lives in Toronto. |