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What Happened to the Toronto Slums & Where Did All the Poor Go? (1866-1946)
Cyrus Vakili-Zad
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Description for What Happened to the Toronto Slums & Where Did All the Poor Go? (1866-1946)
Hardback. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFA; JFFB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 180. .
By the late 19th century and the early 20th century, there were at least nineteen large and small areas, streets or neighbourhoods that were declared or labelled slums in Toronto. By the 1960s, almost all the slums had been cleared and were replaced by institutional, governmental and residential modern buildings. However, the foot prints of these slums, their boundaries and characteristics of their residents had been lost. This book intends to trace the development of these slums and outline their lifecycles. Although the book deals with all major Toronto slums, the emphasis focuses on Regent Park, which replaced the largest ... Read more
By the late 19th century and the early 20th century, there were at least nineteen large and small areas, streets or neighbourhoods that were declared or labelled slums in Toronto. By the 1960s, almost all the slums had been cleared and were replaced by institutional, governmental and residential modern buildings. However, the foot prints of these slums, their boundaries and characteristics of their residents had been lost. This book intends to trace the development of these slums and outline their lifecycles. Although the book deals with all major Toronto slums, the emphasis focuses on Regent Park, which replaced the largest ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
315
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781634856027
SKU
V9781634856027
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About Cyrus Vakili-Zad
Cyrus Vakili-Zad is a retired urban sociologist who lived in Malta from 2003 to 2012, lecturing on housing, homelessness and women's issues at the department of public policy, University of Malta. In addition to many articles published in professional journals, in 2006 he published counting the homeless in Malta' ; in 2007, a book, Housing Policy in Malta, Malta's Place ... Read more
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