Political Science City Planning & Urban Development
Working People
Life in a Downtown City Neighbourhood
- Publisher
- James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1971
- Category
- City Planning & Urban Development, Urban
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888620125
- Publish Date
- Jan 1971
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
This book is a classic, intimate study of the people of Toronto's East of Parliament neighbourhood in the 1970's, a time when the working-class district came under unprecedented pressure from developers and middle-class gentrification.
An unconventional account, Working People combines a wide variety of materials--interviews, economic analysis, songs, jokes, newspaper advertisements, community newspapers, photographs--to present an unparalleled portrait of a changing urban community in depth.
Working People remains a fascinating record of a community in transition.
About the authors
JAMES LORIMER is the author of numerous books on city politics. He is also involved in book publishing.
MYFANWY PHILLIPS is the author of The Children of Peace. Her photographs are also featured in Heather Robertson\s Grass Roots.'
Editorial Reviews
"A kind of unconventional masterpiece."
Toronto Star