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Town life : Main Street and the evolution of small town Alberta, 1880-1947 / Donald G. Wetherell, Irene R.A. Kmet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wetherell, Donald Grant, 1949-
- Series:
- Alberta Reflections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--Alberta--History.
- Cities and towns.
- Northwest Territories--History--19th century.
- Northwest Territories.
- Alberta--History.
- Alberta.
- Alberta--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Main Street and the evolution of small town Alberta, 1880-1947
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton : University of Alberta Press : Alberta Community Development, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the prairies, the small town rests comfortably in our memories as a setting of childhood innocence, good neighbours and stability. By following the development of "Main Streets" in nine Alberta towns, Wetherell and Kmet present a detailed record of a largely vanished way of life.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Alberta 2005""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""I: TOWN FORMATION""; ""1 The Origin and Development of Towns in Alberta""; ""2 Town Culture""; ""II: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF TOWNS""; ""3 Town Government""; ""4 Shaping Local Priorities""; ""5 Town Economic Growth""; ""6 Doing Business in the Small Town""; ""III: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAIN STREET""; ""7 Town Planning and Its Impact on Main Street""; ""8 Building Main Street""; ""9 ""Sources of Comfort and Convenience"": The Improvement of Main Street""; ""IV: MAIN STREET AND COMMUNITY LIFE""
- ""10 Street Life""""11 Building Community Through Leisure""; ""12 Enhancing the Community: Parks and Horticulture""; ""V: CONCLUSION""; ""13 Town Life""; ""Appendices""; ""Notes""; ""Comment on Primary Sources""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4593-0087-4
- 1-4175-9129-3
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