Contents -- Tables -- Charts -- Maps -- Preface -- 1. ON COMPARING AMERICAN AND CANADIAN CITIES -- Introduction: The North American City and the Continentalist Idea -- The Comparative Method and Our Objectives -- 2. VALUES AND CULTURE: A CONTEXT FOR COMPARING AMERICAN AND CANADIAN CITIES -- Differences in National Character -- Dimensions of Value Differences -- Conclusion -- Some Further Urban Implications -- 3. SOCIAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURES IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES -- Immigrants and Immigration -- Ethnicity -- Language -- Religion -- Race -- Class Structure -- Demographic Structure -- Quality of Social Life -- 4. ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: THE FUEL FOR URBAN GROWTH AND CHANGE -- Introduction: Historical Overview of the U.S. and Canadian Economies -- The U.S. and Canadian Economies: Similarities and Differences -- Urban Economies: Divergent Approaches to Urban Development -- Summary -- 5. POLITICAL STRUCTURE, CULTURE AND INSTITUTIONS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES -- Introduction: Apparent Similarities -- Deep-Seated Differences -- The Revolution/Evolution Dichotomy and Its Implications -- The Roots of Canadian and American Federalism and the Resulting Federal Political Systems and Institutions -- Political Culture, Political Values and Political Institutions -- Summary -- 6. URBAN FORM AND INSTITUTIONS IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES -- Social Values and Their Implications -- Implications of Differences in Economic Organization for Urban Form and Structure -- Implications of Differences in Political Culture, Values and Institutions for Urban Development -- Conclusion -- 7. URBAN FORM AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS -- Urban Form and Access -- Urban Population and Social Composition -- Metropolitan Economic Activity -- Summary -- 8. URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT: STRUCTURE AND FINANCE.

Local Government Structure and Reform -- Urban Public Finance -- 9. A MULTIVARIATE APPROACH TO METROPOLITAN DIFFERENCES -- Approaching the Problem -- Factor Analysis -- Grouping Analyses -- Discriminant Analysis -- Summary -- 10. MAKING PLAIN THE DIFFERENCE -- Contextual Differences -- Urban Differences -- Implications -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Subject and Place Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- O -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.