Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: The Pre-Urban Era, 1863-74 -- 1 The Origins and Incorporation of Winnipeg -- PART TWO: "Big Men, Come Together with Big Purpose" -- 2 The Dominance of a Commercial Elite -- 3 Civic Politics: The Search for Business Efficiency in Municipal Affairs -- PART THREE: The Growth Ethic in Action -- 4 Winnipeg's Legacy: Geography, Railroads, and a Triumphant Growth Ethic -- 5 Winnipeg: Port of the Northwest -- 6 The Search for Cheap Power: Private Enterprise, Monopoly, and Municipal Ownership -- 7 The Campaign for Immigrants and Industry -- PART FOUR: The Urban Community: People and Neighbourhoods -- 8 Population Growth and Change in Winnipeg -- 9 The Urban Environment -- PART FIVE: The Challenges of Urban Growth -- 10 The Immigrant Problem: Accommodation, Disease, and Economic Adjustment -- 11 The Immigrant Problem: Education and Assimilation -- 12 The Commercial Elite and the Water Supply Problem -- 13 Public Health versus the Private City -- 14 Red Lights in Winnipeg: Segregated Vice, Moral Reformers, and Civic Politics -- PART SIX: Toward Urban Maturity -- 15 The Rise and Demise of a City Planning Movement -- CONCLUSION: The End of an Era -- APPENDIXES -- A. Elected Officials, City of Winnipeg, 1874-1914 -- B. Schemes for Governmental Reform, City of Winnipeg, 1884-1906 -- C. A Comparative Profile of Winnipeg's Occupational Structure, 1881 and 1911 -- D. J. S. Woodsworth Report on Living Standards, City of Winnipeg, 1913 -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.