Upon the Hill: Negotiating Public Space in Early 20th Century Montreal

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Author/collaborator
Title
Upon the Hill: Negotiating Public Space in Early 20th Century Montreal
Abstract
An examination of the social forces in Montreal between 1870 and 1930 which developed Mount Royal from a geographic feature located outside the town to the mountain becoming enveloped by the city's urban growth, and a park and cross being established on the summit. The author focuses on the role Mount Royal played in the negotiation of power between Montreal's Anglo-Protestant elite and Franco-Catholic elite, and on the story of the cross erected on top of the mountain in 1924 and how the competing elites tried to appropriate Mount Royal as a means of fulfilling their respective visions of the city and its society.
Publication
Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien
Volume
Vol. 29
Issue
no. 2
Pages
86-106
Date
2009
Language
en
Citation
Klopfer, Nadine. “Upon the Hill: Negotiating Public Space in Early 20th Century Montreal.” Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien Vol. 29, no. 2 (2009): 86–106.
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