The Origins of Montreal's Housing Traditions

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
The Origins of Montreal's Housing Traditions
Abstract
Tenements became Montreal's dominant dwelling type in the second half of the nineteenth century due to rapid urbanization and the introduction of new technologies, materials and ideas about domestic life. The author points out that this was due to a unique combination of older patterns, based on the French-Canadian tradition, and new elements introduced mainly by the city's English-speaking community. He argues that Montreal's tenements are an example of a cross-cultural exchange leading to an original urban cultural form in North America.
Type
PhD dissertation
University
University College London
Place
London, England
Date
2007
Language
en
Citation
Dufaux, François. “The Origins of Montreal’s Housing Traditions.” PhD dissertation, University College London, 2007.
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