Entrée principale:

Isin, Engin F. (Engin Fahri), 1959-

Titre et auteur:

Cities without citizens : modernity of the city as a corporation / Engin F. Isin.

Publication:

Montréal : Black Rose Books, ©1992.

Description:

x, 235 pages ; 23 cm

Série(s):

Black rose books ; no. V173

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-230) and index.
Introduction -- Modernity of the city as a corporation -- Corporations in colonial America -- Modern city in British North America -- History of corporations in England: an outline -- Autonomous cities: the long 12th century -- Invention of the city as a corporation: 13th-14th centuries -- Incorporation of the city: 15th-18th centuries -- City as a government franchise: 10th century -- Modern city: an apparatus of governance? -- History of corporations in colonial America: an outline -- Colonial question: 'government at a distance' -- Colonial American cities as corporations -- Cities in the early American republic -- Cities in British North America: a colonial legacy -- Colonial cities without citizens: a tension -- Antagonism toward cities -- Necessity of governing through cities -- Tension released: rebellions in upper and lower Canada -- Birth of the modern Canadian city as a corporation -- First modern cities in British North America -- New liberal colonial politics -- Modern city within a municipal system -- Birth of the modern Canadian city as a corporation -- Conclusion: past and present.
Also issued online.

Résumé:

Traces how cities evolved from autonomous entities with citizens to modern corporations without citizens.

Ressources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1895431263 (pbk.)
9781895431261 (pbk.)
1895431271 (bound)
9781895431278 (bound)

Sujet:

Municipal government Canada.
Municipal government.
Gobiernos comparados.
Administration municipale Canada.
Administration municipale Études comparatives.
Administration municipale.
municipal government.
Geschichte
Stadtverwaltung
Stadsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Corporaties.
Canada
Englisches Sprachgebiet
Municipal Canada

Classification/genre:

Comparative studies.

Vedettes secondaires:

Black rose books ; no. V173.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 74657
Cote: ID:92-B2233
Statut: Disponible