Toronto Local History 3-Book Bundle

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Scott Kennedy. Toronto Local History 3-Book Bundle

Contents

Introduction

{Background}

{Chapter One}

{Chapter Two}

{Chapter Three}

{Chapter Four}

{Chapter Five}

{Chapter Six}

{Chapter Seven}

{Chapter Eight}

{Chapter Nine}

{Chapter Ten}

{Chapter Eleven}

{Chapter Twelve}

{Chapter Thirteen}

{Chapter Fourteen}

{Chapter Fifteen}

{Chapter Sixteen}

{Chapter Seventeen}

{Chapter Eighteen}

{Chapter Nineteen}

{Chapter Twenty}

{Chapter Twenty-One}

{Chapter Twenty-Two}

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Don Mills

Dedication

Introduction

Background

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15­­

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Image Credits

About the Author

200 Years at St John's York Mills

Dedication

Author Note

Table of Contents

Letter to the People of St. John’s

Letter from the Reverend Drew MacDonald

A Note from the Editor

Part One

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Part Two

Introduction

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Part Three

Appendix

Bibliographies

Photo Credits

About the Authors

Copyright

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Courtesy of North York Central Library.

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By the last half of the 1800s, things began to evolve more quickly as the Industrial Revolution took hold in Europe, Great Britain, and the cities of North America. With change came the need to adapt. Potash was no longer needed, since by 1850 reserves were discovered and mined in Germany. The wheat and flour from Upper Canada would be replaced in the international marketplace by wheat from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, as those areas were opened up to settlement and farming. Manufactured goods were now more readily available to North York farmers now that the improved roads, which eased the transport of goods to the rest of the world, ran both ways, and the general stores of North York were full of desirable modern conveniences.

Farmers suddenly found themselves depending on cash. The focus shifted from doing, making, or growing what was needed, to selling enough goods to other people to get the cash to buy what was wanted. Even though most settlers were now well-fed, sheltered, and fulfilled in their endeavours, who could say no to cleaner, brighter candles, or a more efficient stove, a new reaper for harvesting grain, or softer, more durable clothes? And so was born our consumer society.

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