Becoming Modern in Toronto

Becoming Modern in Toronto
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : 0802078702
ISBN-13 : 9780802078704
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Book Synopsis Becoming Modern in Toronto by : Keith Walden

Download or read book Becoming Modern in Toronto written by Keith Walden and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Becoming Modern in Toronto, Keith Walden shows how the Toronto Industrial Exhibition, from its founding, in 1879, to 1903 (when it was renamed the Canadian National Exhibition), influenced the shaping and ordering of the emerging urban culture.


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