 | Becoming Modern in Toronto: The Industrial Exhibition and the Shaping of a Late Victorian Culture Subjects: Toronto Industrial Exhibition -- History; Exhibitions -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Toronto; Fairs -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Toronto; A history of the Toronto Industrial Exhibition (1879-1903) and an exploration of how the fair helped shape understandings of emerging urban culture in a society being altered profoundly by industrial production, technological developments, and new ideas. Walden Keith : Keith Walden is a professor of history at Trent University, and the author of a cultural history on the Canadian Mounties. |
