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Divvying up Space : Housing Segregation and National Identity in Early Twentieth-Century Montréal
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Divvying up Space : Housing Segregation and National Identity in Early Twentieth-Century Montréal
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| Abstract |
The author examines how divergent national identities contributed to the creation of one of the most characteristic divisions of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Montreal; specifically its split into a largely English-speaking west-end and a predominantly French-speaking east-end. Using property records to see how the ownership of rental units, and to a lesser degree commercial and industrial properties, contributed to the making of this new urban geography that would be formally sanctioned by the city in 1906, when it imposed a standardised street numbering system on all east-west streets with St. Lawrence Boulevard (The Main) as the official dividing line. The author then introduces evidence of housing discrimination in 1880 to provide a baseline to assess discriminatory practices at the turn of the century, when large numbers of immigrants from quite different backgrounds began to share space in the city. He argues that to understand where these immigrants chose to live, one needs to consider how conflicting national identities were shaping urban space.
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Sharing Spaces : Essays in Honour of Sherry Olson
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Ottawa, ON
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University of Ottawa Press
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2020
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111-128
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en
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978-0-7766-2858-5
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Sweeny, Robert C. H. “Divvying up Space : Housing Segregation and National Identity in Early Twentieth-Century Montréal.” In Sharing Spaces : Essays in Honour of Sherry Olson, edited by Robert C. H. Sweeny, 111–128. Ottawa, ON: University of Ottawa Press, 2020.
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