Reclaiming the Don : An Environmental History of Toronto's Don River Valley / Jennifer L. Bonnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonnell, Jennifer L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Don River Valley (Ont.)--Environmental conditions--History.

Don River Valley (Ont.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With Reclaiming the Don, Jennifer L. Bonnell unearths the missing story of the relationship between the river, the valley, and the city, from the establishment of the town of York in the 1790s to the construction of the Don Valley Parkway in the 1960s.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List Of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Colonial River

2. Making An Industrial Margin

3. Taming A "Monster Of Ingratitude"

4. Refuge And Subsistence In An Urban Borderland

5. Charles Sauriol And The Don Valley Conservation Movement

6. Metro Toronto And The Don Valley Parkway

7. Remembering The Don

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Based on thesis (doctoral) - University of Toronto, 2010, under title: Imagined futures and unintended consequences : an environmental history of Toronto's Don River Valley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

9781442696815

1442696818

9781442696808

144269680X

OCLC:

895193242