Look Inside
 

Book Information

  • Imprint: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
  • Publication Date: 1 January 1971
  • Copyright Year: 1971
  • ISBN: 9780888620125
  • Page Count: 274
  • Dimensions: 6" x 8.05"

Purchasing Information

paperback
9780888620125
$14.95 CAD

Available

Also Available From
hardcover
9780888620118
$20.00 CAD

Out of print

Working People

Life in a Downtown City Neighbourhood

by James Lorimer and Myfanwy Phillips

This book is a portrait of the people and events of a working-class Toronto neighbourhood under pressure from developers and middle-class renovators.

This book is a classic, intimate study of the people of Toronto's East of Parliament neighbourhood in the 1970's, a time when the working-class district came under unprecedented pressure from developers and middle-class gentrification.

An unconventional account, Working People combines a wide variety of materials--interviews, economic analysis, songs, jokes, newspaper advertisements, community newspapers, photographs--to present an unparalleled portrait of a changing urban community in depth.

Working People remains a fascinating record of a community in transition.

About the Authors

James Lorimer

JAMES LORIMER is the author of numerous books on city politics. He is also involved in book publishing.

Myfanwy Phillips

MYFANWY PHILLIPS is the author of The Children of Peace. Her photographs are also featured in Heather Robertsons Grass Roots.'

Reviews

"A kind of unconventional masterpiece."
Toronto Star

Subjects (BISAC)

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban

Subjects

Canadian History: Urban, Canadian History, Social Sciences, Social Sciences: Politics, Social Sciences: Sociology

Similar Titles

  • Toronto to 1918

    J.M.S. Careless
    Toronto to 1918, first published in 1984, examines the lives of the people who built Toronto.
    $29.95, paperback

  • The Tiny Perfect Mayor

    Jon Caulfield
    When David Crombie won his surprise victory in the 1972 mayoralty race in Toronto, everyone thought it was a victory for citizen activism and for a saner approach to urban development. Was it?
    $14.95, paperback

  • The Tiny Perfect Mayor

    Jon Caulfield
    When David Crombie won his surprise victory in the 1972 mayoralty race in Toronto, everyone thought it was a victory for citizen activism and for a saner approach to urban development. Was it?
    $45.00, hardcover

  • Up Against City Hall

    John Sewell
    First published in 1972, Up Against City Hall is a inside look at a period of remarkable change in Canadian municipal politics penned by one of the nation's most effective reformers.
    $14.95, paperback
Scroll to Top