Montreal, City of Spires: Church Architecture During the British Colonial Period 1760-1860

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Series edited by Lucie K. Morisset atrimoine urbain Urban Heritage Although drastically altered by an increase in mobility and cultural exchange, relations between communities and their environment remain at the heart of modern identity constructions . Urban Heritage/Patrimoine urbain, an anthology compiled by the Canada Research Chair on Urban Heritage (ESG-UQAM), proposes to explore the material foundations and imaginary configurations of this environment. From architecture to the city, and from creation to commemoration, the anthologized works examine heritage in its various manifestations to understand its processes and all its finery, learn to recognize its sudden appearances, and, when all is said and done, share and support the attachment communities feel for the world that surrounds them. An analysis of both ideas and objects is therefore included, in an effort to understand the ingredients that bring life to the environment and the representations that forge the built landscape. Presented form from cross-disciplinary perspective, the works seek to nourish a reinvention of heritage as a projection into the future of our society. In Urban Heritage/Patrimoine urbain, both young researchers and their more experienced counterparts, from all four corners of the planet, share their reflections with a wide range of readers interested in history, mythic constructions or simply the world around them. Stakeholders, decision-makers and witnesses from the realms of architecture, urbanism and tourism, as well as the curious and ordinary citizens alike, are all invited to join in the process of discovery and debate. MONTREAL City of Spires Presses de l’Université du Québec Le Delta I, 2875, boulevard Laurier, office 450, Québec (Québec) G1V 2M2 Telephone: 418 657-4399 − Fax: 418 657-2096 Email: puq@puq.ca − Website: www.puq.ca Diffusion/Distribution: Canada and other countries: Prologue inc., 1650, boulevard Lionel-Bertrand, Boisbriand (Québec) J7H 1N7 – Tel.: 450 434-0306/1 800 363-2864 France: Sodis, 128, av. du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 77403 Lagny, France – Tel.: 01 60 07 82 99 Afrique: Action pédagogique pour l’éducation et la formation, Angle des rues Jilali Taj Eddine et El Ghadfa, Maârif 20100, Casablanca, Maroc Tel.: 212 (0) 22-23-12-22 Belgique: Patrimoine SPRL, 168, rue du Noyer, 1030 Bruxelles, Belgique – Tel.: 02 7366847 Suisse: Servidis SA, Chemin des Chalets, 1279 Chavannes-de-Bogis, Suisse – Tel.: 022 960.95.32 The Copyright Act forbids the reproduction of works without the permission of rights holders. Unauthorized photocopying has become widespread, causing a decline in book sales and compromising the production of new works by professionals. The goal of the logo is to alert readers to the threat that massive unauthorized photocopying poses to the future of the written work. Membre de Habiter l’Arménie au Québec Ethnographie d'un patrimoine en diaspora Marie-Blanche Fourcade 2011, ISBN 978-2-7605-2653-2, 304 pages La ville Phénomène de représentation Edited by Lucie K. Morisset and Marie-Ève Breton 2011, ISBN 978-2-7605-2657-0, 352 pages De la ville au patrimoine urbain Histoires de forme et de sens André Corboz and Lucie K. Morisset 2009, ISBN 978-2-7605-2479-8, 336 pages Quel avenir pour quelles églises? What future for which churches? Edited by Lucie K. Morisset, Luc Noppen and Thomas Coomans 2006, ISBN 2-7605-1431-5, 624 pages Le combat du patrimoine à Montréal (1973-2003) Martin Drouin 2005, ISBN 2-7605-1356-4, 402 pages Les églises du Québec Un patrimoine à réinventer Luc Noppen and Lucie K. Morisset 2005, ISBN 2-7605-1355-6, 456 pages Series from the Canada Research Chair on Urban Heritage – ESG/UQAM atrimoine urbain Urban Heritage Presses de l’Université du Québec C l a r e n c e E p s t e i n MONTREAL City of Spires Church Architecture during the British Colonial Period     -     2012-1.1 – All rights reserved. No reproduction, translation, or adaptation without authorization.© 2012 Presses de l’Université du Québec Legal deposit – 2nd quarter 2012 Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / Library and Archives Canada Printed in Canada This volume of the Urban Heritage/Patrimoine urbain series was granted the financial support of the following programs and organizations: – The Canada Research Chairs Program, thanks to the contribution of the Canada Research Chair on Urban Heritage ESG...