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The Society Blue Book, Toronto: A Social Directory 1920

The Society Blue Book, Toronto: A Social Directory 1920

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Canadian HistoryGeneral ReferenceGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 935444329X
ISBN13: 9789354443299
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 26 2021
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step through the front doors of Toronto in 1920 and into the drawing rooms of those who shaped it. A city humming with ambition. The Society Blue Book, Toronto: A Social Directory 1920 captures the names, addresses and affiliations of the Toronto elite families who defined early 1900s Toronto society, from prominent households and professionals to the institutions at the heart of urban high society. More than a simple Toronto social directory, it stands as a meticulous Canadian society register and historical directory reference, mapping the networks of influence that underpinned a fast-growing metropolis in the years after the First World War. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This faithful volume belongs to a historic social register collection that illuminates Canadian social history for readers, genealogists and researchers alike. As a genealogy research reference and resource for local historians, it offers a rare glimpse into real neighbourhoods, real households and the subtle hierarchies recorded in Canadian city directories of the era. For casual readers curious about how Torontonians once lived, and for serious scholars of urban high society seeking a dependable Toronto 1920 directory, this enduring social record offers both human detail and historical depth in one elegant source.

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