Author: Blanchard, Jim
Title: Winnipeg 1912
Description: Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2005. Paper bound, illustrated with photos, maps, cartoons and other ephemera, Pp277. Includes references and select bibliography. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. 480 grams. From the blurb on the rear cover: At the beginning of the last century, no city on the continent was growing faster or was more aggressive than Winnipeg. No year in the city's history epitomized this energy more than 1912, when Winnipeg was on the crest of a period of unprecedented prosperity. In just forty years, it had grown from a village on the banks of the Red River to become the third largest city in Canada. In the previous decade alone, its population had tripled to nearly 170,000 and it now dominated the economy and society of western Canada. As Canada's most cosmopolitan and ethnically diverse centre, with most of its population under the age of forty, it was also the country's liveliest city, full of bustle and optimism. In Winnipeg 1912, Jim Blanchard guides readers on a tour through this golden year when, as the Chicago Tribune proclaimed, all roads lead to Winnipeg. Beginning early New Year's Day, as the city's high society rang in 1912 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, he visits the public and private side of the Chicago of the North. He looks into the opulent mansions of the city's new elite and into its political backrooms, as well as into the crowded homes of Winnipeg's immigrant North End. From the excited crowds at the summer Exhibition to the turbulent floor of the Grain Exchange, Blanchard gives us a vivid picture of daily life in this fast-paced city of new millionaires and newly arrived immigrants. Richly illustrated with over seventy period photographs, Winnipeg 1912 captures a time and place that left a lasting impression on Canadian history and culture. Jim Blanchard is the editor of the award-winning book A Thousand Miles of Prairie. He is former president of the Manitoba Historical Society. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books.

Keywords: Winnipeg History Chronology, Winnipeg Manitoba History 0887556841


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