Title & Author:

Gaslights, epidemics, and vagabond cows : Charlottetown in the Victorian era / edited by Douglas Baldwin and Thomas Spira.

Publication:

Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Ragweed Press, 1988.

Description:

vii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The early years -- Charlottetown social life in 1855 -- The Charlottetown political elite: control from elsewhere -- Pigs, epidemics, and hospitals: the struggle for public health services -- A false balance: regulating the marketplace -- Enforcing the law: the Charlottetown police force -- "But not a drop to drink": the struggle for pure water -- Medical science, technology, and politics: The creation of Charlottetown's sewerage system -- "A lamp to light their paths": lighting the streets of Charlottetown -- Charlottetown life in 1914.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0920304699
9780920304693

Subject:

Social Conditions history
Public Health history
Disease Outbreaks history
Social conditions
Wirtschaft
Gesellschaft
Aufsatzsammlung
Geschichte (1800-1914)
Charlottetown (P.E.I.) History.
Charlottetown (P.E.I.) Social conditions.
Charlottetown (Î.-P.-É.) Histoire.
Charlottetown (Î.-P.-É.) Conditions sociales.
Prince Edward Island Charlottetown.
Charlottetown (P.E.I.)

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Baldwin, Douglas, 1944-
Spira, Thomas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 24044
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:88-B10439
Status: Available