The North American Shelter Business, 1860–1920

A Study of a Canadian Real Estate and Property Management Agency

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9623673
AutoresMichael Doucet (Toronto Metropolitan University, autor de correspondencia), John C Weaver (0000-0001-7536-6224, McMaster University), John Weaver
Año1984
Volumen58
Número2
Páginas234-262
Fecha de publicación1984-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Business History Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3115049
OpenAlexW2166436881
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas10

In this article, Professors Doucet and Weaver examine the North American shelter business between 1860 and 1920. Drawing upon the business records of the Hamilton, Ontario, real estate firm of Moore and Davis, they analyze the construction, ownership, and management of the North American shelter staple—the single-family detached dwelling. Since these activities had significant effects on the everyday lives of urban dwellers, they reveal significant social as well as business patterns. Doucet and Weaver conclude that this firm, and by implication the industry as a whole, preferred the prudent and routine to the innovative and daring, suggesting, in contrast to the work of recent scholars, that continuity rather than change typified urban development during these decades

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