Unplanned suburbs: Toronto's American tragedy, 1900 to 1950
It 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 ethnicall...
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Baltimore [u.a.]
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
1996
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| Schriftenreihe: | Creating the North American landscape
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| Zusammenfassung: | It 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 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 |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 356 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 0801851424 |
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| spelling | Harris, Richard Verfasser aut Unplanned suburbs Toronto's American tragedy, 1900 to 1950 Richard Harris Baltimore [u.a.] Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 1996 XVI, 356 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Creating the North American landscape It 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 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 Geschichte 1900-1950 gnd rswk-swf Banlieues - Ontario - Toronto - Histoire Geschichte Suburbs Ontario Toronto History Vorort (DE-588)4188691-4 gnd rswk-swf Stadtentwicklung (DE-588)4056730-8 gnd rswk-swf Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6 gnd rswk-swf Toronto, Banlieue de (Ont.) - Histoire Toronto Suburban Area (Ont.) History Toronto (DE-588)4060459-7 gnd rswk-swf Toronto (DE-588)4060459-7 g Vorort (DE-588)4188691-4 s Stadtentwicklung (DE-588)4056730-8 s Geschichte 1900-1950 z DE-604 Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6 s |
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