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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion. Series two ; ; 56.Publication details: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's Unioversity Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 216 pages :) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773587007
  • 0773587004
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Commerce of Taste : Church Architecture in Canada, 1867-1914.DDC classification:
  • 726.5/0971 23
LOC classification:
  • NA5244 .M34 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

How books of church drawings marketed taste and status alongside social change.

English.