Saskatoon The Growth of a City Part 1 : The Formative Years 1882-1960

Card covers, saddle stitched with staples, 88 pages, 8.25x10.75 in - 21x27 cm, B&W illustrations and photographs. Cover art by Saskatoon artist Bob Fink.

Covers creased and lightly soiled, worn at edges and corners. Front cover marred by sticker scar and cup ring. Spine worn. Staples beginning to rust. Top and bottom edges scuffed. Pp41ff. bumped at top near gutter, all pages readable.

Intended to be the first half of a two-part history of Saskatoon, this volume appears as no.2 in a "Saskatoon Past, Present & Potential" series published by the Saskatoon Environmental Society. Based on a M.A. thesis by William P. Delainey (currently co-editor of "Saskapedia"), the book traces Saskatoon's growth from a temperance colony founded in 1882 into an urban centre in the early 1960s. The authors discuss issues such as city planning and zoning, factors influencing growth, transportation and services, civic politics, and commercial activity and industry. Although the book has academic roots, the text is supported by maps and photographs more often than footnotes.