Expressive Acts: Celebrations and Demonstrations in the Streets of Victorian Toronto
Ian Radforth, "Expressive Acts: Celebrations and Demonstrations in the Streets of Victorian Toronto"
English | ISBN: 1487545746 | 2023 | 250 pages | PDF | 9 MB
English | ISBN: 1487545746 | 2023 | 250 pages | PDF | 9 MB
In nineteenth-century Toronto, people took to the streets to express their jubilation on special occasions, such as the 1860 visit of the Prince of Wales and the return in 1885 of the local Volunteers who helped to suppress the Riel resistance in the North-West. In a contrasting mood, people also took to the streets in anger to object to government measures, such as the Rebellion Losses bill, to heckle rival candidates in provincial election campaigns, to assert their ethno-religious differences, and to support striking workers.
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