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A Diminished Roar - Winnipeg in the 1920s (Paperback)
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A Diminished Roar - Winnipeg in the 1920s (Paperback)
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The third instalment in Blanchard's popular history of early
Winnipeg, A Diminished Roar presents a city in the midst of
enormous change. Once the fastest growing city in Canada, by 1920
Winnipeg was losing its dominant position in western Canada. As the
decade began, Winnipeggers were reeling from the chaos of the Great
War and the Influenza Pandemic. But it was the divisions exposed by
the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike which left the deepest marks. As
Winnipeg wrestled with its changing fortunes, its citizens looked
for new ways to imagine the city's future and identity. Beginning
with the opening of the magnificent new provincial Legislature
Building in 1920, A Diminished Roar guides readers through this
decade of political and social turmoil. At City Hall, two very
different politicians dominated the scene. Winnipeg's first labour
mayor, S.J. Farmer pushed for more public services. His rival,
Ralph Webb, would act as the city's chief "booster" as mayor,
encouraging U.S. tourists with the promise of "snowballs and
highballs." Meanwhile, promoters tried to re-kindle the city's
spirits with plans for new public projects, such a grand boulevard
through the middle of the city, a new amusement park, and the start
of professional horse racing. In the midst of the Jazz Age,
Winnipeg's teenagers grappled with "problems of the heart" and
social groups like the Gyro Club organized masked balls for the
city's elite.
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