COVER -- CONTENTS -- I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- II. CITIES IN THE NEW WORLD: CANADIAN URBAN HISTORY BEFORE 1850 -- Introduction -- 1. "The Political Economy of Early Canadian Urban Development" -- 2. "Land Ownership and Society in Montreal: An Hypothesis" -- 3. "Metropolitan!sin and Toronto Re-examined, 1825-1850" -- III. METROPOLITAN GROWTH AND THE SPREAD OF THE URBAN NETWORK -- Introduction -- 4. "Currents of Change in Toronto, 1850-1900" -- 5. "The National Policy and the Industrialization of the Mahtimes, 1880-1910" -- 6. "The Urban West: The Evolution of Prairie Towns and Cities to 1930" -- IV. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT -- Introduction -- 7. "The Fate of City Beautiful Thought in Canada, 1893-1930" -- 8. "House and Home in Vancouver: Images of West Coast Urbanism, 1886-1929" -- 9. "The Evolution of Architectural Styles in Toronto" -- V. URBAN SOCIETY -- Introduction -- 10. "The People of a Canadian City, 1851-1852" -- 11. "Family and Household Composition in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of Moncton, New Brunswick, 1851-1871" -- 12. "Social Structure and the Urbanization Process: Perspectives on Nineteenth Century Research" -- 13. "Boarding and Belonging: Thoughts on Sojourner Institutions" -- 14. "The Neglected Majority: The Changing Role of Women in Nineteenth Century Montreal" -- 15. "The Other Toronto: Irish Catholics in a Victorian City 1850-1900" -- 16. '*Divided City: The Immigrant in Winnipeg Society, 1874-1921" -- 17. "The Original City of Edmonton: A Derivative Prairie Urban Community" -- VI. Urban Reform and Government -- Introduction -- 18. "Tomorrow's Metropolis: The Urban Reform Movement in Canada, 1880-1920" -- 19. " 'Tomorrow's Metropolis' Revisited: A Critical Assessment of Urban Reform in Canada, 1890-1920" -- 20. "Urban Autonomy in Canada: It's Evolution and Decline".