Main entry:

Bassnett, Sarah Catherine.

Title & Author:

Visible cities : photography, visual discourse and city planning in early twentieth-century Toronto and Montreal / by Sarah Catherine Bassnett.

Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, c2004 (2008 printing)

Description:

xi, 257 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.

Notes:
"This dissertation examines the way visual discourse was produced and mobilized in attempts to control and shape two rapidly growing Canadian cities, Toronto and Montreal, in the early twentieth century. The visual material in question includes photographs, city plans, diagrams, architectural drawings, and visionary drawings"--P. iv.
Authorized facsimile of thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Art History Department, 2004.
UMI no.: 3142778.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-257).
Picturing filth and disorder : instrumental photography and urban governance -- Photographic fantasies or urban development and spatial order -- City plans, civic improvement and citizen production -- From visual discourse to professionalism.

Subject:

Photography Social aspects Ontario Toronto.
Photography Social aspects Québec (Province) Montréal.
City planning Ontario Toronto History 20th century.
City planning Québec (Province) Montréal History 20th century.
Photographie Aspect social Ontario Toronto.
Photographie Aspect social Québec (Province) Montréal.
City planning.
Photography Social aspects.
Ontario Toronto.
Québec Montréal.
Photography Canada Ontario Toronto 1900-1930.
Photography Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1900-1930.
Urban planning Canada Ontario Toronto 1900-1930.
Urban planning Canada Québec (Province) Montréal 1900-1930.

Form/genre:

Theses.
History.

Added entries:

Photography, visual discourse and city planning in early twentieth-century Toronto and Montreal

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 255560
Call No.: TR27.T6 B3 2004
Status: Available