Working People: Life in a Downtown City Neighbourhood
James Lorimer · Myfanwy Phillips
Jan 1971 · James Lorimer & Company
Ebook
274
Pages
About this ebook
This book is a classic, intimate study of the people of Toronto's East of Parliament neighbourhood in the 1970's, a time when the working-class district came under undprecendented pressure from developers and middle-class gentrification.
An unconvential account, Working People combines a wide variety of materials--interviews, economic analysis, songs, jokes, newspaper advertisements, community newspapers, photographs--to present an unparalleled portrait of a changing urban community in depth.
Working People remains a fascinating record of a community in transition.
An unconvential account, Working People combines a wide variety of materials--interviews, economic analysis, songs, jokes, newspaper advertisements, community newspapers, photographs--to present an unparalleled portrait of a changing urban community in depth.
Working People remains a fascinating record of a community in transition.
About the author
JAMES LORIMER is the author of numerous books on city politics. He is also involved in book publishing.
MYFANWY PHILLIPS is the author of The Children of Peace. Her photographs are also featured in Heather Robertson s Grass Roots.'
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