Main entry:

Magrill, Barry, 1964-

Title & Author:

A commerce of taste : church architecture in Canada, 1867-1914 / Barry Magrill.

Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2012.

Description:

xix, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 56

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- List of illustrations -- Introduction -- The rise of commercial society in pre-confederation Canada -- Economy and religion from the Maritimes to Upper Canada -- Selling ecclesiology as identity in the Dominion of Canada -- Property ownership and church-building : the financial structure of churches in Ontario -- The spread of empire in western Canada : railway, religion, and church-building -- An unfinished business of western expansion -- The influence of US artistic, cultural, and economic capital -- Conclusion -- Appendix : biographies of pattern book authors -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9780773539822 (bound) :
0773539824
9780773539839 (pbk.) :
0773539832

Subject:

Religious architecture Canada.
Pattern books Great Britain.
Gothic revival (Architecture) Canada.
Architecture religieuse Canada.
Livres de modèles Grande-Bretagne.
Néo-gothique (Architecture) Canada.
Economic history
Gothic revival (Architecture)
Pattern books
Religious architecture
Social conditions
Kirchenbau
Neugotik
Kirche
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Canada Social conditions 19th century.
Canada Economic conditions 19th century.
Canada Conditions sociales 19e siècle.
Canada Conditions économiques 19e siècle.
Canada
Great Britain
Kanada

Added entries:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 56.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 278007
Call No.: NA5244 .M34 2012
Status: Available