A History of the Edmonton City Market 1900-2000

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Watermark

Publication Year:
2023

ISBN-13: 9781773853291

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<P>Kathryn Chase Merrett celebrates 100 years of the Edmonton City Market in this groundbreaking local history.<BR><BR> Richly textured with archival photographs, drawings, maps, and anecdotes by vendors and customers of the city market, this book reveals how the market managed to thrive in the heart of a city that grew from a frontier outpost to a high–rise metropolis.<BR><BR> In this original study, Merrett sheds light on the turbulent relationship between a city's cultural and agricultural values and the civic aspirations of the city's officials. <BR><BR><EM>A History of the Edmonton City Market</EM> brings a comprehensive study of a long–lived and much–loved institution to life by seamlessly integrating details of the city market with wider contexts of urban, economic, and cultural studies.</P>

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