Property and Propriety
Jewish Landlords in Early Twentieth‐Century Toronto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8964056 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Dennis (0000-0003-3267-4205, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 377-397 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1997.00377.x |
| OpenAlex | W2095190327 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Drawing on literatures on the social construction of place and identity, and on the changing nature of urban property ownership, this paper examines Jewish immigrants to Toronto as housing landlords, situating their activities in the context of wider changes in the city's housing market and of their needs to raise capital, achieve status and foster group identity. Using archival and newspaper evidence to reconstruct the behaviour of individual landlords, it is argued that ownership of inner‐city property fulfilled numerous functions, especially related to other aspects of business proprietorship, but that it also accentuated the geographical concentration of poorer Jews, with critical implications for their relations with non‐Jews
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2026 (28) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |