Historians of public housing have recently drawn attention to the ways in which housing designs are not merely reflections of societal attitudes, but rather, form part of the dominant ideological and political agenda. This article takes its cue from these insights by exploring an early Canadian state-assisted housing venture, the Toronto Housing Company (THC). The purposes, development, layout and internal design of Riverdale Courts, the major site of the THC endeavour, evolved through the interplay of class-specific and gendered practices, revealing reformers' recognition of the desire to rectify a perceived crisis in social order. The concentration on the quality and internal ordering of workers' homes went beyond purely economic grounds:...
Class, defined in the Marxist sense, and domestic property ownership (housing tenure), have constit...
Class, defined in the Marxist sense, and domestic property ownership (housing tenure), have constit...
Les historiens n’ont pas reconnu l’importance du logement dans le Canada moderne. Nous ne disposons ...
This paper traces the evolution of reform ideology in the housing sphere in the first half of the tw...
In the past, housing and homeownership have been used as media for social reform. This article looks...
In the past, housing and homeownership have been used as media for social reform. This article looks...
In the past, housing and homeownership have been used as media for social reform. This article looks...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis explores the development of Toronto's settlement...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis explores the development of Toronto's settlement...
The collapse of the construction industry during the 1930s resulted in a housing crisis of unprecede...
In 1880, Jarvis Street, just east of Toronto’s central business district, was the city’s pre...
Acts of domination are not always easy to identify, and in hindsight, the best intentions of post WW...
This article investigates how gendered middle class family ideals were used to relocate administrati...
While most scholars generally focus on the failings of the post–WWI Federal-Provincial housing schem...
Recent scholarship has improved our understanding of the increase in home ownership in Canada from t...
Class, defined in the Marxist sense, and domestic property ownership (housing tenure), have constit...
Class, defined in the Marxist sense, and domestic property ownership (housing tenure), have constit...
Les historiens n’ont pas reconnu l’importance du logement dans le Canada moderne. Nous ne disposons ...
This paper traces the evolution of reform ideology in the housing sphere in the first half of the tw...
In the past, housing and homeownership have been used as media for social reform. This article looks...
In the past, housing and homeownership have been used as media for social reform. This article looks...
In the past, housing and homeownership have been used as media for social reform. This article looks...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis explores the development of Toronto's settlement...
grantor: University of TorontoThis thesis explores the development of Toronto's settlement...
The collapse of the construction industry during the 1930s resulted in a housing crisis of unprecede...
In 1880, Jarvis Street, just east of Toronto’s central business district, was the city’s pre...
Acts of domination are not always easy to identify, and in hindsight, the best intentions of post WW...
This article investigates how gendered middle class family ideals were used to relocate administrati...
While most scholars generally focus on the failings of the post–WWI Federal-Provincial housing schem...
Recent scholarship has improved our understanding of the increase in home ownership in Canada from t...
Class, defined in the Marxist sense, and domestic property ownership (housing tenure), have constit...
Class, defined in the Marxist sense, and domestic property ownership (housing tenure), have constit...
Les historiens n’ont pas reconnu l’importance du logement dans le Canada moderne. Nous ne disposons ...