The Story of Toronto

by G.P. deT. Glazebrook

Overview

George Glazebrook has drawn on unpublished papers and correspondence, as well as old newspapers, books, and pamphlets, to recount in vivid detail the evolution of the Toronto, describing its characteristics at each stage of growth, and telling how it changed, and why.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802062567
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	12/15/1971
Pages:	326
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

George Parkin de Twenebrokes Glazebrook (1899-1989) enjoyed two full careers between 1924 and 1967, when he retired. He taught at the Department of History at the University of Toronto and he also worked for the Department of External Affairs, as special assistant, minister in Washington, and assistant under-secretary. Professor Glazebrook is the author of many books including an authoritative study on the history of transportation in Canada, Canadian External Relations to 1914, Canada at the Paris Peace Conference, A Short History of Canada, and A History of Canadian Political Thought. He also turned his attention to social history and wrote Life in Ontario: A Social History and edited, with Katharine B. Brett and Judith McErvel A Shopper's View of Canada's Past.