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Author Magrill, Barry, 1964-

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

Publication Info. Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's Unioversity Press, [2012]
©2012
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 216 pages :) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 56
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; 56.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary How books of church drawings marketed taste and status alongside social change.
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Subject Gothic revival (Architecture) -- Canada.
Gothic revival (Architecture)
Canada.
Pattern books -- Great Britain.
Pattern books.
Great Britain.
Religious architecture -- Canada.
Religious architecture.
Canada -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Canada -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Magrill, Barry. A Commerce of Taste : Church Architecture in Canada, 1867-1914. Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2014 9780773539822
ISBN 9780773587007 (electronic book)
0773587004 (electronic book)
0773539824 (bound)
0773539832 (paperback)
9780773539822 (bound)
9780773539839 (paperback)

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