{"product_id":"the-ward-the-life-and-loss-of-torontos-first-immigrant-neighbourhood-9781552453117","title":"The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the 1840s until the Second World War, waves of newcomers who migrated to Toronto -- Irish, Jewish, Italian, African American and Chinese, among others -- landed in 'The Ward.' Crammed with rundown housing and immigrant-owned businesses, this area, bordered by College and Queen, University and Yonge streets, was home to bootleggers, Chinese bachelors, workers from the nearby Eaton's garment factories and hard-working peddlers. But the City considered it a slum, and bulldozed the area in the late 1950s to make way for a new civic square.  The Ward finally tells the diverse stories of this extraordinary and resilient neighbourhood through archival photos and contributions from a wide array of voices, including historians, politicians, architects, story--tellers, journalists and descendants of Ward residents. Their perspectives on playgrounds, tuberculosis, sex workers, newsies and even bathing bring The Ward to life and, in the process, raise important questions about how contemporary cities handle immigration, poverty and the geography of difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Ward shines a light on one of Toronto's most historically significant and most forgotten neighbourhoods. Instead of a straight history, the book's editors opted to present the Ward through multiple short essays, each with its own unique point of view. The result is a fascinating and varied look at an area that once concurrently defined the city and acted as its biggest shame. As a result of the Ward's eventual razing, there are few artifacts left to teach newer generations about this important part of Toronto's history. This book helps correct that.' -- 2016 Toronto Book Awards Jury Citation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents \u0026amp; Contributors  Introduction -- John Lorinc  Searching for the Old Ward -- Shawn Micallef  No Place Like Home -- Howard Akler  Before the Ward: Macaulaytown - Stephen A. Otto  My Grandmother the Bootlegger - Howard Moscoe  Against All Odds: The Chinese Laundry -- Arlene Chan  V-J Day -- Arlene Chan  Merle Foster's Studio: 'A Spot Of Enchantment' - Terry Murray  Missionary Work: The Fight for Jewish Souls -- Ellen Scheinberg  King of the Ward -- Myer Siemiatycki  Where the Rich Went for Vice -- Michael Redhill  A Fresh Start: Black Toronto in the 19th Century -- Karolyn Smardz Frost  Policing the Lord's Day -- Mariana Valverde  'The Maniac Chinaman' - Edward Keenan  Elsie's Story -- Patte Rosebank  Lawren Harris's Ward Period - Jim Burant  'Fool's Paradise': Hastings' Anti-Slum Crusade -- John Lorinc  Strange Brew: The Underground Economy of Blind Pigs -- Ellen Scheinberg  The Italian Consulate -- Andrea Addario  Excerpt: The Italians in Toronto -- Emily P. Weaver  Arthur Goss: Documenting Hardship -- Stephen Bulger  Fresh Air: The Fight Against TB -- Cathy Crowe  The Stone Yard -- Gaetan Heroux  William James: Toronto's First Photojournalist -- Vincenzo Pietropaolo  The Avenue Not Taken -- Michael McClelland  Timothy Eaton's Stern Fortifications -- Michael Valpy  Settling In: Central Neighbourhood House -- Ratna Omidvar and Ranjit Bhaskar  Toronto's Girl with the Curls -- Ellen Scheinberg  Chinese Cafes: Survival and Danger -- Ellen Scheinberg and Paul Yee  Defiance and Divisions: The Great Eaton's Strike -- Ruth A. Frager  Elizabeth Street: What the City Directories Reveal -- Denise Balkissoon  Growing Up on Walton Street -- Cynthia MacDougall  Revitalizing George Street: The Ward's Lessons -- Alina Chatterjee and Derek Ballantyne  Taking Care of Business in the Ward --  Ellen Scheinberg  A Magnificent Dome: The Great University Avenue Synagogue -- Jack Lipinsky  Reading the Ward: The Inevitability of Loss -- Kim Storey and James Brown  Toronto's First Little Italy -- John Lorinc  The Elizabeth Street Playground, Revisited -- Bruce Kidd  Divided Loyalties -- Sandra Shaul  Crowded by Any Measure -- John Lorinc  A Peddler and His Cart: The Ward's Rag Trade -- Deena Nathanson  Toronto's Original Tenement: Wineberg Apartments -- Richard Dennis  An Untimely Death -- Brian Banks  Paper Pushers -- Ellen Scheinberg  The BMR's Wake-Up Call -- Laurie Monsebraaten  Excerpt: Report of the Medical Health Officer ... -- Charles J. Hastings  Outpatients -- Thelma Wheatley  Slum-Free: The Suburban Ideal -- Richard Harris  The Glionna Clan and Toronto's First Little Italy -- John E. Zucchi  The Hipp' -- Michael Posner  Before Yorkville -- John Lorinc  Public Baths: Schvitzing on Centre Avenue --  Ellen Scheinberg  Sex Work and the Ward's Bachelor Society -- Elise Chenier  The Health Advocates: McKeown on Hastings -- John Lorinc  Remembering Toronto's First Chinatown -- Kristyn Wong-Tam  Tabula Rasa -- Mark Kingwell  Unrealized Renewal -- J. David Hulchanski  A Short History of the 'Civic Square' Expropriation -- John Lorinc  Storytelling is Part of the Story -- Tatum Taylor  How We Think About What (Little) Survives -- Patrick Cummins  Institutional Memory -- Scott James \u0026amp; Victor Russell  Alternative Histories -- Michael McClelland","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49532101230935,"sku":"9781552453117","price":18.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ward-the-life-and-loss-of-torontos-first-immigrant-neighbourhood-9781552453117","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}