{"product_id":"toronto-9780812245424","title":"Toronto","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToronto describes the diverse and remarkable transformations that have occurred in the urban landscapes of Toronto, especially over the last fifty years as it has grown from a provincial industrial city into multicentered, multicultural, world-city region that is one of the largest metropolitan areas in North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"U.S. urbanists are busy looking to Shanghai for the model of the coming metropolis. Edward Relph's study suggests that they should avoid the long plane trip and check out Toronto.\" * Carl Abbott, Portland State University *\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant and much-needed book about Toronto! Published at a critical time in the history of the Canadian metropolis, Ted Relph's volume explains Toronto both to itself and to the world.\" * Roger Keil, York University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Urban Transformations\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Confused Identities\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Shaping the Old City\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Ascendancy of Metropolitan Toronto\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. A Post-suburban Skyscraper City\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Diversity in the Outer Suburbs\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Polycentricity\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Globally Connected and Locally Divided\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Containing Growth\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. A City for Everybody\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405722329431,"sku":"9780812245424","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812245424.jpg?v=1730493392","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/toronto-9780812245424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}