Creating community: Industrial paternalism and town planning in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 1923-1955

Urban History Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 45-58

  White, Neil ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PLANNING HISTORY; TOWN PLANNING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN HISTORY;

CANADA; CORNER BROOK; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 2542452288     PISSN: 07030428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/1015716ar     Document Type: Article

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