Winnipeg 1912

Winnipeg 1912
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Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9780887553943
ISBN-13 : 088755394X
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Synopsis Winnipeg 1912 by : Jim Blanchard

At the beginning of the last century, no city on the continent was growing faster or was more aggressive than Winnipeg. No year in the city’s history epitomized this energy more that 1912, when Winnipeg was on the crest of a period of unprecedented prosperity. In just forty years, it had grown from a village on the banks of the Red River to become the third largest city in Canada. In the previous decade alone, its population had tripled to nearly 170,000 and it now dominated the economy and society of western Canada. As Canada’s most cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse centre, with most of its population under the age of forty, it was also the country’s liveliest city, full of bustle and optimism. In Winnipeg 1912 Jim Blanchard guides readers on a tour through this golden year when, as the Chicago Tribune proclaimed, “all roads lead to Winnipeg.” Beginning early New Year’s Day, as the city’s high society rang in 1912 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, he visits the public and private side of the “Chicago of the North.” He looks into the opulent mansions of the city’s new elite and into its political backrooms, as well as into the crowded homes of Winnipeg’s immigrant North End. From the excited crowds at the summer Exhibition to the turbulent floor of the Grain Exchange, Blanchard gives us a vivid picture of daily life in this fast-paced city of new millionaires and newly arrived immigrants. Richly illustrated with more than seventy period photographs, Winnipeg 1912 captures a time and place that left a lasting impression on Canadian history and culture.

Winnipeg Beach

Winnipeg Beach
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Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9780887554346
ISBN-13 : 0887554342
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Winnipeg Beach by : Dale Barbour

During the first half of the twentieth century, Winnipeg Beach proudly marketed itself as the Coney Island of the West. Located just north of Manitoba’s bustling capital, it drew 40,000 visitors a day and served as an important intersection between classes, ethnic communities, and perhaps most importantly, between genders. In Winnipeg Beach, Dale Barbour takes us into the heart of this turn-of-the-century resort area and introduces us to some of the people who worked, played and lived in the resort. Through photographs, interviews, and newspaper clippings he presents a lively history of this resort area and its surprising role in the evolution of local courtship and dating practices, from the commoditization of the courting experience by the Canadian Pacific Railway's “Moonlight Specials,” through the development of an elaborate amusement area that encouraged public dating, and to its eventual demise amid the moral panic over sexual behaviour during the 1950s and ‘60s.

Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada

Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada
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Total Pages : 1062
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ISBN-10 : OSU:32435063951289
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Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada by : Canada. Parliament

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.

Statutes of Manitoba

Statutes of Manitoba
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Total Pages : 626
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D02279127M
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Rating : 4/5 (7M Downloads)

Synopsis Statutes of Manitoba by : Manitoba

Imperial Year Book for Dominion of Canada

Imperial Year Book for Dominion of Canada
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Total Pages : 574
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101060828694
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Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Imperial Year Book for Dominion of Canada by : A. E. Southall

Contains official information and statistics of Canada and the British empire.