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A commerce of taste : church architecture in Canada, 1867-1914 / Barry Magrill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magrill, Barry, 1964- author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 56.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 56
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious architecture--Canada.
- Religious architecture.
- Pattern books--Great Britain.
- Pattern books.
- Gothic revival (Architecture)--Canada.
- Gothic revival (Architecture).
- Canada--Social conditions--19th century.
- Canada.
- Canada--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How books of church drawings marketed taste and status alongside social change.
- Contents:
- The Rise of Commercial Society in Pre-Confederation Canada
- Economy and Religion from the Maritimes to Upper Canada
- Selling Ecclesiology as Identity in the Dominion of Canada
- Property Ownership and Church-Building: The Financial Structure of Churches in Ontario
- The Spread of Empire in Western Canada: Railway, Religion, and Church-Building
- An Unfinished Business of Western Expansion
- The Influence of US Artistic, Cultural, and Economic Capital
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Biographies of Pattern Book Authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-3983-2
- OCLC:
- 811411363
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