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245 10 $aUnplanned suburbs :$bToronto's American tragedy, 1900 to 1950 /$cRichard Harris.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c1996.
300 $axvi, 356 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
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490 1 $aCreating the North American landscape
500 $a"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--Preliminary page.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-348) and index.
530 $aAlso issued online.
505 0 $aCh. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Rise of Metropolitan Suburbs -- Ch. 3. Did the Factory Lead the Way? -- Ch. 4. A City of Homes -- Ch. 5. The End Justified the Means -- Ch. 6. Civic Efficiency and Suburban Freedom -- Ch. 7. The Rhetoric and Reality of Community Building -- Ch. 8. A Romance of Common Life -- Ch. 9. The Fall of the Unplanned Suburb -- Ch. 10. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Property Assessment Records -- Appendix B: Social Class and the Classification of Occupations.
520 $aIt is widely believed that only the growth of mass suburbs after World War II brought suburban living within reach of blue-collar workers, immigrants, and racial minorities. But in this original and intensive study of Toronto, Richard Harris shows that even prewar suburbs were socially and ethnically diverse, with a significant number of lower-income North American families making their homes on the urban fringe. As early as 1900, Harris explains, the decentralization of blue-collar employment encouraged working-class families to leave the city, many of them taking advantage of lax enforcement of suburban regulations to build their homes themselves. In the short run, the advantages were obvious: a home of one's own, a garden, access to the surrounding countryside. But the unplanned - and therefore scattered - developments led to dramatic increases in the cost of needed services. Inevitably, property taxes rose, in many cases beyond the ability of working-class families to pay.
520 8 $aHarris concludes that even minimal planning might have helped retain the advantages of owner-built housing while reducing public costs, citing the success of European experiments in aided self-help for homebuilders. But in the United States and Canada, the lack of planning set the stage for a uniquely North American tragedy.
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710 2 $aCenter for American Places.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHarris, Richard, 1952-$tUnplanned suburbs.$dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996$w(OCoLC)605348395
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856 42 $3Book review (H-Net)$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a2n1-aa
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