Town life : main street and the evolution of small town Alberta, 1880-1947

Author(s)

• Wetherell, Donald Grant
• Kmet, Irene

Bibliographic Information

Town life : main street and the evolution of small town Alberta, 1880-1947

Donald G. Wetherell, Irene R.A. Kmet

（Alberta reflections）

University of Alberta Press, c1995

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-357) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In the prairies, the small town rests comfortably in our memories as a setting of childhood innocence, good neighbours and stability. By following the development of "Main Streets" in nine Alberta towns, Wetherell and Kmet present a detailed record of a largely vanished way of life.

Table of Contents

• The Origin and Development of Towns in Alberta
• Town Culture
• Town Government
• Shaping Local Priorities
• Town Economic Growth
• Doing Business in the Small Town
• Town Planning and Its Impact on Main Street
• Building Main Street
• "Sources of Comfort and Convenience": The Improvement of Main Street
• Street Life
• Building Community Through Leisure
• Enhancing the Community: Parks and Horticulture
• Town Life
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA36837363
• ISBN:
  • 0888642687
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Edmonton
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 368 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HT384.C32A43
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cities and towns -- Alberta -- History
  • LCSH : Northwest Territories -- History -- 1870-1905
  • LCSH : Alberta -- History -- 1905-
  • LCSH : Alberta -- Social conditions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB02036065