Kitchener: An Illustrated History
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This is the first scholarly history of Kitchener. Based on wide-ranging research, it illustrates how a community so unlike its neighbours became a part of the broader Canadian community in the twentieth century. Much of the information is new, and many myths are punctured. The romantic mists which have surrounded the story of the early Mennonite settlers are lifted. The full story of the great controversies of the First World War is told for the first time. The impact of the Depression and the extraordinary economic boom which accompanied the Second World War are analyzed. Kitchenerβs sometimes-eccentric politicians are seen, not as deviations, but as representatives of a long tradition of civic populism.
Over 100 photographs accompany the text. Maps and tables further illuminate Kitchenerβs development. Kitchener: An Illustrated History will be of interest, not only to its residents, but also to Canadians generally who are interested in the history of multiculturalism and the transition from rural to urban Canada. This book illustrates the difficulties as well as the rewards of maintaining distinct cultural traditions. The problems it identifies concern many Canadians today.
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John English, Department of History, University of Waterloo, is the author of The Decline of Politics: The Conservatives and the Party System, Robert Borden: His Life and World, and co-author of Canada Since 1945: Power, Politics, and Provincialism.
Kenneth McLaughlin Head of the History Department, St. Jerome's College, University of Waterloo, has been co-editor of Ontario History. He is also active in preserving Ontario's architectural heritage.
