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Nancy B. Bouchier is an active member of the North American Society for Sport History and the author of For the Love of the Game: Amateur Sport in Small-Town Ontario, 1838-1895. An associate professor of history and an associate member of the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University, she teaches courses in Canadian, sport, and exercise history.
Ken Cruikshank is an active member of the Network in Canadian History and Environment, a past editor of the Canadian Historical Review, and author of Close Ties: Railways, Government, and the Board of Railway Commissioners, 1851-1933. A professor of history and the dean of humanities at McMaster University, he teaches courses in Canadian, environmental, and business history.
Foreword: Down by the Bay / Graeme Wynn
Introduction: Whose Harbour?
1 Civilizing Nature: Community Property Transformed, 1823-95
2 Conserving Nature: The Education of John William Kerr, 1864-88
3 Boosting Nature: The Contradictions of Industrial Promotion, 1892-1932
4 Organizing Nature: The Search for Recreational Order, 1900-30
5 Planning Nature: The Waterfront Legacy of T.B McQuesten, 1917-40
6 Confining Nature: The Bay as Harbour, 1931-59
7 Unchaining Nature: Gillian Simmons's Backyard, 1958-85
8 Remediating Nature: Hamilton Harbour as an Area of Concern, 1981-2015
Conclusion: Choosing Nature
Notes; Index