Author: John H. Taylor
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 088862980X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Bytown's early years - as military outpost and lumber town - did not presage greatness. Yet this rough little town (renamed Ottawa in 1855) did not remain insignificant, for geography and politics soon combined to place it at centrestage as Canada's national capital. Ottawa's fascinating story is recounted with skill and wit in John H. Taylor's Ottawa: An Illustrated History. Taylor tells this story in all its variations - the life of the French and the English, the poor and the rich; the politics of city hall and Parliament Hill; the social lives of Ottawans. Crisp and colourful, Ottawa: An Illustrated History focuses on the history of the city's relationship with its landlord - the federal government - but it also does more. It weaves together, for the first time, all the complex strands that over the years have shaped Ottawa's identity. Ottawa: An Illustrated History is handsomely illustrated by 150 historical photographs and by a dozen original maps depicting the city's geographical evolution.
Author: David L. A. Gordon
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776638874
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a subarctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis with a high quality of life. The book examines the period from 1800 to 2011 and is the first major study that covers both sides of the Ottawa River, addressing the settlement history of Aboriginal, French, and English peoples. Ottawa’s transformation was a significant Canadian achievement of the new profession of urban planning in the mid-20th century. Our national capital has the country’s most complete history of community planning and served as a gateway for important international planning ideas and designers. Town and Crown illustrates the influence of landscape architect and Olmsted protégé Frederick Todd, Chicago’s City Beautiful architect Edward Bennett, and British planner Thomas Adams. Prime Minister Mackenzie King maintained a direct interest in planning Canada’s capital for almost fifty years, choosing France’s leading urbaniste, Jacques Gréber, to plan the post-1945 redevelopment of the region. The principal research method for Town and Crown includes over sixteen years of archival studies in North America, Australia, and Europe, and interviews with key politicians, designers, and planners that supplemented the contemporary research. The narrative is supplemented by over 200 images drawn from early sketches, historical maps, plans, and archival photography to illustrate the physical transformation of Canada’s federal capital.
Author: Jim Ridings
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634992299
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"It will put pink cheeks on you." That is what the managers of Radium Dial in Ottawa, Illinois, told the young women who painted radium on the faces of clock dials in the 1920s and 1930s. Instead, their teeth fell out and their jaws and bones disintegrated. Instead of putting pink in their cheeks, it put the women in their graves. The company knew the hazards of working with radium, but they took no safety precautions. They lied to the workers and they denied compensation to the victims. To avoid financial liability, Radium Dial closed its doors and reopened a few blocks away as Luminous Processes and continued its deadly work for another forty years. Radium Dial cared more about the health and profitability of its company than they cared about the health of the women who made the company profitable. There really was a "Society of the Living Dead," formed by the women who were dying from radium poisoning. Their astounding true story is told here.
Author: Marion Van de Wetering
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 0888821956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 157
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Traces the citys development from the days when Bytown was a lumber village to its emergence as Canadas capital.
Author: Paul Yee
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550288421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Author Paul Yee tells the stories of eight Canadian Chinatown's -- Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax -- and explores the unique culture and heritage of each.
Author: Richard Hinchcliff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987973436
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: David Lee
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550289220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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David Lee presents an in-depth history of the Ottawa Valley and the economy that dominated its formative years, as well as examining the environmental impact on the region's natural resources.
Author: Jane Fleischer
Publisher: Troll Communications
ISBN: 9780893751463
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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A brief biography of the Indian war chief who in 1760 called for war against the English.
Author: Ted J. Brasser
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781554074334
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A collection of photographs from museums, collectors and private dealers that documents five centuries of Native American artistry.
Author: Amberrose Hammond
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625841094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Prepare for a harrowing ride into the seedy side of Ottawa County history as author Amberrose Hammond unearths morbid tales of sin, scandal and crime. The lovers you find here become enemies, and the jilted, jealous and mistreated favor weaponry to verbal resolution. Ku Klux Klan members don white gowns and leave fiery crosses blazing against the backdrop of night. In this Ottawa County, Eddie Bentz, Baby Face Nelson and a crew of thugs are spraying machine gun fire outside the People's Savings Bank in Grand Haven, arguments end in miserable fashion and the missing often turn up without the capacity to out their wrongdoers.
