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.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 307.76/2/097123
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-ab
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- 9781459300873 0888642687
- LCCN
- HT384.C2
- LCCN Item number
- W48 1995eb
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- 1 electronic text (xix, 368 p.)
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- Canada
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00603415 (OCoLC)243592318 (CaOOCEL)405641
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Alberta 2005 8
- Acknowledgements 10
- Abbreviations 12
- Introduction 14
- I: TOWN FORMATION 22
- 1 The Origin and Development of Towns in Alberta 24
- 2 Town Culture 38
- II: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF TOWNS 56
- 3 Town Government 58
- 4 Shaping Local Priorities 78
- 5 Town Economic Growth 102
- 6 Doing Business in the Small Town 138
- III: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAIN STREET 172
- 7 Town Planning and Its Impact on Main Street 174
- 8 Building Main Street 196
- 9 "Sources of Comfort and Convenience": The Improvement of Main Street 220
- IV: MAIN STREET AND COMMUNITY LIFE 242
- 10 Street Life 244
- 11 Building Community Through Leisure 272
- 12 Enhancing the Community: Parks and Horticulture 298
- V: CONCLUSION 310
- 13 Town Life 312
- Appendices 318
- Notes 332
- Comment on Primary Sources 370
- Bibliography 374
- Index 382
- A 382
- B 382
- C 383
- D 384
- E 384
- F 384
- G 384
- H 385
- I 385
- J 385
- K 385
- L 385
- M 386
- N 386
- O 386
- P 386
- R 387
- S 387
- T 387
- U 388
- V 388
- W 388
- Y 388
- Z 388
