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100 1 $aHarris, Richard,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88011685
245 10 $aUnplanned suburbs :$bToronto's American tragedy, 1900 to 1950 /$cRichard Harris.
260 $aBaltimore, MD :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c1996.
263 $a9604
300 $axvi, 356 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCreating the North American landscape
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tIntroduction --$gCh. 2.$tThe Rise of Metropolitan Suburbs --$gCh. 3.$tDid the Factory Lead the Way? --$gCh. 4.$tA City of Homes --$gCh. 5.$tThe End Justified the Means --$gCh. 6.$tCivic Efficiency and Suburban Freedom --$gCh. 7.$tThe Rhetoric and Reality of Community Building --$gCh. 8.$tA Romance of Common Life --$gCh. 9.$tThe Fall of the Unplanned Suburb --$gCh. 10.$tConclusion --$tAppendix A: Property Assessment Records --$tAppendix 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.
520 8 $aAs 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.
520 8 $aInevitably, property taxes rose, in many cases beyond the ability of working-class families to pay. Harris 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.
650 0 $aSuburbs$zOntario$zToronto$xHistory.
651 0 $aToronto Suburban Area (Ont.)$xHistory.
830 0 $aCreating the North American landscape.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86703293
852 00 $boff,war$hHT352.C22$iT674 1996