Town and City; Aspects of Western Canadian Urban Development (Contributor J. William Brennan--Business-Government Cooperation in Townsitepromotion in Regina and Moose Jaw, 1882-1903; A.A. den Otter--Lethbridge: Outpost of a Commercial Empire 1885-1906; A.J. McDonald--Victoria, Vancouver and the Evolution of British Columbia's Economic System, 1886-1914; Paul Phillips--Prairie Urban System, 1911-1961; Barry Potyondi--In Quest of Limited Urban Status: The Town Building Process in Minnedosa, 1879-1904; H.J. Selwood--Hudson's Bay Company and Prairie Town Development, 1870-1888; Paul Voisey--Boosting the Small Prairie Town, 1904-1931: An Example from Southern Alberta; Publisher series: Canadian Plains Studies.)

Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina [0-88977-021-2] 1981. (Trade paperback) 455pp. Very good. Photographs, illustrations, maps, notes, tables, appendix, bibliography, index. The spine has several vertical reading creases, the covers are lightly worn and creased and there is ink underlining in part four of the book. "The need for an assessment of the urban dimension of western Canadian development is obvious. Recent reviews of western Canadian history indicate that urban studies have not yet achieved a place of equality beside such areas as political, ethnic, native, or labour history. One of the main reasons for this is that unlike these areas of study, the writing of urban history most often begins with a local situation, and local history, unfortunately, rarely attracts the attention of professional scholars" - from the General Introduction. Contributors include J. William Brennan (Business-Government Cooperation in Townsitepromotion in Regina and Moose Jaw, 1882-1903), A.A. den Otter (Lethbridge: Outpost of a Commercial Empire 1885-1906), A.J. McDonald (Victoria, Vancouver and the Evolution of British Columbia's Economic System, 1886-1914), Paul Phillips (The Prairie Urban System, 1911-1961), Barry Potyondi (In Quest of Limited Urban Status: The Town Building Process in Minnedosa, 1879-1904), H.J. Selwood (The Hudson's Bay Company and Prairie Town Development, 1870-1888), Paul Voisey (Boosting the Small Prairie Town, 1904-1931: An Example from Southern Alberta). Publisher series: Canadian Plains Studies 10. Locale: Alberta--Canada; Manitoba--Canada; Prairie Provinces; Saskatchewan--Canada; Western Canada. (Western Canada, Cities and Towns, Urban Studies).