{"product_id":"montreal-city-of-water-9780774836234","title":"Montreal City of Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks. Even as the city has pushed its suburbs deeper into the interior of the island and onto the mainland, the daily lives and leisure activities of its inhabitants remain closely bound to water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMontreal, City of Water \u003c\/em\u003efocuses on water not only as a physical element of the landscape  both shaping and shaped by urban development  but also as a sociocultural component of the life of the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exploring the dynamics governing the relationship between Montrealers and their environment, this unique study considers the role of water in the production and transformation of urban space over two centuries. It traces the history of urbanization and shines a light on current concerns about water pollution, river rehabilitation, and renewed public access to the riverfront  and the power relations involved in addressing those con\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMontreal, City of Water \u003c\/i\u003eis full of insights.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Annmarie Adams * Scientia Canadiensis *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe past was never paradise. Michèle Dagenais’s \u003cem\u003eMontreal, City of Water: An Environmental History\u003c\/em\u003e takes on the myth that Montrealers once enjoyed an idyllic relationship with the city’s streams and the St. Lawrence River; a relationship supposedly lost during the nineteenth century only to await recovery after the 1970s. Instead, Dagenais shows that there was never a break between people and the environment…\u003c\/p\u003e -- Dale Barbour, University of Toronto * Network in Canadian History and Environment *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: Water-Ville \/ \u003cem\u003eGraeme Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Montreal: One City, One Island\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Sources of a New Definition of the City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The St. Lawrence: “A Superb Instrument to be Developed and Moulded”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 From City to Island: The Extension of Water Systems and the Structuring of the Urban Fabric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 In Search of the Lost River, or, the Urbanization of the Rivière des Prairies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 The Weight of the Island: Connecting the City to the Continent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 One City, One Archipelago: A Utopia?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: In the Heart of the City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404937601367,"sku":"9780774836234","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/montreal-city-of-water-9780774836234","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}