{"product_id":"toronto-the-belfast-of-canada-9781442646872","title":"Toronto the Belfast of Canada","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToronto, the Belfast of Canada explores the intolerant origins of today's cosmopolitan city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It is one of the few studies exploring Order's interface with public power structures and contributes significantly to the growing literature of diasporic global Orangeism.' -- Deborah Butcher Journal of Historical Geography vol 30:1-2:2015 'This is a well written and impressively researched study of the role and impact of the orange order fraternity in shaping of a civic culture in Toronto between 1850 and 1950.' -- William Jenkins Canadian Historical Review vol 97:02:2016 Toronto, the Belfast of Canada locates Orangeism in a wider imperial frame, and deftly handles the comparisons with other territories - not least Belfast, where Smyth's cross-analysis is detailed. He correctly correlates Canadian Orangeism with the Order in Ulster. ... Smyth is able to show that, in a comparative emigrant context, Orangeism in Canada was unique, and at the heart of it was Toronto. -- Donald Macraild Times Higher Education, August 13, 2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  1. Canada and Ireland: Toronto and Belfast. The Imperial Context  2. A Tale of Two Cities: Belfast and Toronto  3. Toronto Orangeism: The Nature and Structure of The Orange Order  4. Power, Patronage and Public Employment within the Protestant City, 1850-1920  5. The Emergence of a New Order: Toronto's Orangemen at the Close of The Nineteenth Century  6. The Climax and Onset of Decline of the Orange Order, 1900-1940  7. The Faded Sash: Toronto and Orangeism, 1940-c.1950  8. Conclusion","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739213607255,"sku":"9781442646872","price":51.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442646872.jpg?v=1720051513","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/toronto-the-belfast-of-canada-9781442646872","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}