Chapter
Part 1 First Nations and European Colonization: Origins to 1796
1 Montreal and Its Natural Environment
2 A Sense of Place: Montreal before Cartier
3 On the Ruins of Hochelaga: 1535–1650
4 An Archipelago of Trade: 1650–1701
5 The Times and Trials of a Distinctive Colony: 1702–1760
6 Careful Coexistence: The Canadians and the British in Montreal prior to 1800
7 Daily Life in Montreal during the Eighteenth Century
Part 2 Formation of a Region and Birth of a Metropolis: 1796–1930
8 The Years of Dispersion
9 Peopling and Organizing the Island of Montreal: 1840–1890
INTERLUDE 1 Montreal’s Old Cemeteries
10 The Modern City: 1840–1890
11 An Undivided Island: Domination at the Dawn of a New Era
12 The Montreal Economy during the Nineteenth Century
13 Labour and the Montreal Working Class in the Nineteenth Century
14 Agriculture and Urban Society on the Island of Montreal
15 Education in the Nineteenth Century
INTERLUDE 2 Montreal’s Jews and the Public School System
16 Population, Social Identities, and Daily Life
17 Montreal’s Network of Social Regulation
INTERLUDE 3 A Protestant Congregation: The American Presbyterians
18 The Spread and Influence of the Catholic Church in Montreal
INTERLUDE 4 Mount Royal: The Top of the Island
19 Social Relations in Nineteenth-Century Montreal: Two Cultural Streams
20 The Rise of the Cultural Marketplace
Part 3 An Expanding Territory: 1930 to Today
21 The Years of the Great Depression
22 The Second World War: Wartime Production and War Efforts
23 Metropolitan Expansion: The Challenge of Polycentricity
24 Planned Residential Suburbs after the Second World War: Refining the Model
25 One Island, Several Cities: Montreal and Its Immediate Suburbs
26 Montreal’s Economy since 1930
27 Montreal, 1950–2010: The Spatial Economy Transformed
INTERLUDE 5 Expo 67: The World Comes to Montreal
28 Science and Technology: The Coming of Age of a City of Knowledge
29 Building and Reshaping the Suburban Landscape: The Role of Immigrant Communities
30 Poverty and Wealth in the Post-War Montreal Area: A Landscape in Motion
31 Urban Issues and Political Mobilization: From Subsidiarity to Institutionalized Governance
INTERLUDE 6 The Heritage Movement
32 The French Presence: A Montreal and Quebec Issue
INTERLUDE 7 Anglophones and the French Language
33 Montreal, 1920–1960: The Emergence of an Urban Cultural Scene
34 Cultural Field and Montreal Space (I): Cultural Life in Montreal before 1960
35 Cultural Field and Montreal Space (II): A Cultural Agglomeration in Transition
Montreal
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