| Gaslights, Epidemics and Vagabond Cows |
| Charlottetown in the Victorian Day |
| Edited by Douglas Baldwin and Thomas Spira |
Gaslights, Epidemics, and Vagabond Cows is a fascinating
and entertaining series of essays on early Charlottetown.
An urban biography, it examines city life from its earliest
beginnings in the seventeenth century through to the First
World War. Described in great detail are topics such as the
lively struggles for pure water and better sewerage facilities,
an analysis of Charlottetown’s political elite, the beginnings
of the Charlottetown Police Force, and the impact of typhoid
and smallpox epidemics.
Two additional chapters provide the flavour of the city in
1855 and 1914 through the use of fictional letters, based upon
authentic primary sources.
and entertaining series of essays on early Charlottetown.
An urban biography, it examines city life from its earliest
beginnings in the seventeenth century through to the First
World War. Described in great detail are topics such as the
lively struggles for pure water and better sewerage facilities,
an analysis of Charlottetown’s political elite, the beginnings
of the Charlottetown Police Force, and the impact of typhoid
and smallpox epidemics.
Two additional chapters provide the flavour of the city in
1855 and 1914 through the use of fictional letters, based upon
authentic primary sources.
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| "In 1798, Charlottetown was a small, stagnant community of 416 people huddled in a few wooden shacks surrounding the harbour. By 1914, the population had increased to over 11,000, and its proportion of the Island's total population had doubled from 6 to 12 percent. Throughout this period, but especially following incorporation in 1855, the City Fathers wrestled with the problems of private versus public ownership of essential services, sought to walk a fine line between balancing the budget and providing better health facilities, and attempted to wrench themselves free of constricting political and economic provincial controls. In the process, the civic government laid the groundwork for present-day Charlottetown." - from the Preface |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Preface Douglas Baldwin and Thomas Spira Chapter 1: The Early Years Peter E. Rider Chapter 2: Charlottetown Social Life in 1855 Alan MacEachern Chapter 3: The Charlottetown Political Elite: Control from Elsewhere Douglas Baldwin Chapter 4: Pigs, Epidemics, and Hospitals: The Struggle for Public Health Services Douglas Baldwin Chapter 5: A False Balance: Regulating the Marketplace E. Boyde Beck Chapter 6: Enforcing the Law: The Charlottetown Police Force Greg Marquis Chapter 7: "But Not a Drop to Drink": The Struggle for Pure Water Douglas Baldwin Chapter 8: Medical Science, Technology, and Politics: The Creation of Charlottetown’s Sewerage System Douglas Baldwin Chapter 9: "A Lamp to Light Their Paths": Lighting the Streets of Charlottetown Harry Holman Chapter 10: Charlottetown Life in 1914 Judy Bellamy Contributors Endnotes Name Index Subject Index |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE EDITORS Douglas Baldwin Thomas Spira |
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