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Kensington Market : collective memory, public history, and Toronto's urban landscape / Na Li.
Author
Li, Na (Researcher on public history)
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
©2015
Description
xv 122 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Available Online
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Architecture Library - Stacks
F1059.5.T683 L5 2015
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Ethnic neighborhoods
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Ontario
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Toronto
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History
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Immigrants
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Ontario
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Toronto
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History
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Collective memory
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Ontario
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Toronto
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Public history
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Ontario
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Toronto
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Kensington Market (Toronto, Ont.)
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History
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Summary note
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood has been home to a multicultural mosaic of immigrant communities: Jewish, Portuguese, Chinese, South Asian, Caribbean, and many others. Despite repeated transformations, the neighbourhood has never lost its vibrant, close-knit character. In Kensington Market, urban planner and public historian Na Li explores both the Market's dynamic history and the ways in which planners can access the intangible collective memory that helps define neighbourhoods like it around the world. Through examinations of memorable Kensington landmarks such as the Kiev Synagogue, Hyman's Bookstore, and United Bakers Dairy Restaurant, Li traces the connections between the Market's built environment and the experiences of its inhabitants, providing a sterling example of how to map the intangible value of this national landmark. Li's book will be a must-read for those fascinated with this iconic Toronto neighbourhood, as well as anyone with an interest in the role heritage and collective memory can play in urban planning.-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-114) and index.
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Text in English.
Contents
Memory and history : urban streetscapes as public history
Kensington Market an urban neighbourhood, a cultural metaphor
Collective memory and Kensington Market
From sites of memory to memoryscape : wisdom sits in place
A sense of time and a sense of place : the past is not a foreign country.
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ISBN
9781442648173 ((bound))
1442648171
9781442616219 ((paperback))
1442616210
LCCN
2015451916
OCLC
905385110
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