Reclaiming the Don by Jennifer L. Bonnell - ISBN: 9781487560409
Paperback
Toronto’s forgotten river: a story of growth, waste, and reclamation.

Reclaiming the Don

An Environmental History of Toronto's Don River Valley, Second Edition

  • Paperback

    332 pages

  • Release Date

    28 October 2024

Summary

A small river in a big city, the Don River is often overlooked when it comes to explaining Toronto’s growth. With Reclaiming the Don, Jennifer L. Bonnell unearths the missing story of the relationship between the river, the valley, and the city, from the establishment of the town of York in the 1790s to the construction of the Don Valley Parkway in the 1960s. Demonstrating how mosquito-ridden lowlands, frequent floods, and over-burdened municipal waterways shaped the city’s developme…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781487560409
ISBN-10:1487560400
Author:Jennifer L. Bonnell
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Imprint:University of Toronto Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:332
Edition:2nd
Release Date:28 October 2024
Weight:440g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 24mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Michael Ondaatje would enjoy this beautiful history of Toronto’s Don valley: it explores a place he drew on for his own work and it shares his novels’ intensity of imagery.” - Gideon Forman (This Magazine)

About The Author

Jennifer L. Bonnell

Jennifer L. Bonnell is an associate professor in the Department of History at York University.

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