Rebuilding Halifax

Download or read book Rebuilding Halifax written by Barry Cahill and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the perspectives of law, politics, public policy and intergovernmental relations, historian Barry Cahill describes the complex activities of an almost-unaccountable agency that took the place of municipal, provincial and federal governments in addressing the needs of the citizens and the city after the Explosion. He provides new insight into the pioneering town planning and construction of the Hydrostone neighbourhood in Halifax. He also explains why this ad-hoc disaster agency continued to operate for nearly sixty years after the catastrophic event that precipitated its establishment. This book offers a new and unique perspective on the recovery efforts which followed a domestic disaster unprecedented in Canadian history.