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Salubrious Settings and Fortunate Families: The Making of Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, 1840-1895
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Salubrious Settings and Fortunate Families: The Making of Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, 1840-1895
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The Golden Square Mile on the slopes of Montreal’s Mount Royal took shape in the mid-nineteenth century as the domain of the city’s Anglophone elite. The Anglo-Protestant character of the area reflected a growing cultural dichotomy within Montreal society. The author argues that as an urban environment, however, the Golden Square Mile was far more complicated than the sum of its mansions. Despite a long history of habitation by gentlemen farmers, the Golden Square Mile took shape only as of mid-century, accompanying the rise of capitalist institutions and the middle classes. Furthermore, it was the result of a considerable amount of planning and salesmanship, which made fortunes for some landowners and speculators even before the first mansions appeared. The author considers the Golden Square Mile within the context of urban history: his thesis is a study of town planning, land ownership, architecture, and social geography. It also considers the built environment as a venue for broader social and cultural change.
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PhD dissertation
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McGill University
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Montreal
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1998
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xxi-250p.
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en
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MacLeod, Roderick. “Salubrious Settings and Fortunate Families: The Making of Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, 1840-1895.” PhD dissertation, McGill University, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol1/QMM/TC-QMM-35008.pdf.
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