'Terra incognita' in the Heart of the City? Montreal and Mount Royal around 1900

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Title
'Terra incognita' in the Heart of the City? Montreal and Mount Royal around 1900
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.
Book Title
Public Space and the Ideology of Place in American Culture
Place
New York, NY & Amsterdam, Netherlands
Publisher
Rodopi
Date
2009
Pages
137-164
Language
en
Citation
Klopfer, Nadine. “‘Terra Incognita’ in the Heart of the City? Montreal and Mount Royal around 1900.” In Public Space and the Ideology of Place in American Culture, edited by Jeffrey Meikle and Miles Orvell, 137–164. New York, NY & Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi, 2009.
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