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Ottawa: An Illustrated History

by (author) John H. Taylor

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1986
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888629814
    Publish Date
    Jan 1986
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888629807
    Publish Date
    Jan 1986
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

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.

About the author

JOHN H. TAYLOR is an associate professor of history at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is an associate editor of the Urban History Review and a founding member of the Canadian Urban History Association.

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Editorial Reviews

" ... perfectly balanced ... It combines serious but eminently readable history with archival photos and maps in an ideal way."

Globe and Mail